# 2005 Ford Explorer stalls after startup **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 22, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169 "2012-06-22T21:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Ru1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ru1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/1 "2012-06-22T21:42:26Z")
My truck starts right up, then immediately almost stalls or stalls completely. It also shakes a little when idling while its in Park. I just recently had my egr valve, pcv valve, spark plugs&wires, and fuel filter replaced. it has 104,000 miles on it. What could be causing it to do this? ---
**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/2 "2012-06-22T22:05:02Z")
It could be many things, one of which is the IAC valve.\* Since they already have tried to fix this problem, do you know whether they have checked your fuel pressure? - (Maybe we should have sig lines here so we can add that to the bottom of every reply). ---
**Author:** ![Ru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Ru1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ru1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/3 "2012-06-22T22:19:23Z")
Thanks for the reply. This model actually doesnt have an IAC valve. I checked the throttle body which didnt appear to be to dirty and checked the MAF sensor which also looked clean. I don’t think they checked the fuel pressure. ---
**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/4 "2012-06-22T22:23:41Z")
Does it do this stalling for them or is it intermittent? ---
**Author:** ![Ru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Ru1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ru1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/5 "2012-06-22T23:05:13Z")
It’s intermittent. Whey they changed the erg valve it seemed to go away. The the issue started again so i took it back to have the spark plugs, pcv valve and fuel filter replaced (which all had to be done regardless). Again, it seemed to stop doing it for a few days. Now its back to the stalling issue. Thanks for helping. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/6 "2012-06-23T02:21:56Z")
Your vehicle does have an Idle Air Control valve. Here’s what it looks like [http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2005/ford/explorer/air\_intake/idle\_air\_control\_valve.html](http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2005/ford/explorer/air_intake/idle_air_control_valve.html) Start the engine, open the hood and with the handle of a screwdriver rap on the IAC valve. If doing this causes the idle speed to change replace the IAC valve. Tester ---
**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/7 "2012-06-23T02:49:03Z")
If it ends up being the IAC, you can often just clean them with carb or throttle cleaner, like I mentioned above. Cleaning it doesn’t cost much, is usually easy to do yourself and will only make it better. ---
**Author:** ![Ru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Ru1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ru1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/8 "2012-06-23T07:34:38Z")
Hmm ok thanks for the info. I did read somewhere that this model didnt have an IAC valve. i can’t seem to find it anywhere. Any idea where it is located? I have searched online but couldn’t find anything that helped. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/9 "2012-06-23T19:19:33Z")
The IAC valve is mounted on the throttle body. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Ru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Ru1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ru1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/10 "2012-06-23T21:42:57Z")
Here is a picture of the the throttle body motor i believe? Still not seeing where the IAC is?? thanks Tester for helping out i appreciate it a lot ---
**Author:** ![Johnny-133](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Johnny-133](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Johnny-133)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-explorer-stalls-after-startup/73169/11 "2020-11-11T00:32:29Z")
Had this problem tuns out maf sensor was the issue