1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Idles rough and hesitates when acce

1997 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
78,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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LKDAHL
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Recently when accelerating on the highway, my check engine light went on. When at a stop, my idle runs rough going from 1000 rpm to 600 rpm, but the car does not stall. When starting from a stop it runs rough at lower rpms but seems to run fine once the rpms are above 1500-2000.

Also, at highway speeds as long as I am at a constant speed or accerating at a contant speed the engine runs fine. However, when I decelerate and then accelerate, I get the hesitation again and the engine runs rough.

Any ideas what could be the problem is?
Apr 22, 2008 at 4:07 PM
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LKDAHL
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Took the car into the garage today. Spark plugs and wires needed to be replaced. Hopefully that will take of care of this issue.
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:49 AM