Whenever I turn my car on it seems like it struggled to stay on
It's a Suzuki Forenza 2005

It turns over but once the engine starts the RPMs usually start at 2 or 2.5
Now it's around 1.5 and shakes a little and when I accelerate the power really isn't completely there.

Anybody have an idea?

does it take longer to start than usual? (hard start) or just rough idle after starting? And is this on cold start or when car is warm or both?

rough idle
cold start mainly. sometimes a warm start

Any engine codes?


Coil pack/ fouled plug maybe?

i dont have a hand held thing that reads the check engine light.

Im thinking it's the plug wires

autozone does this for free

i havent had a chance to go. I work 2 jobs. and i finally get an off day in about 2 days

probably going to be a plug/wire situation but a code scan is going to be the easy answer.

might want to think about checking the bushings in the engine/tranny mounts

you can buy a cheap code scanner for about 20 bucks. also if its your plug wires you might be able to see them at night they will be jumping from the wire to a piece of metal. spark plugs are a very cheap investment that should be changed at regular intervals dont wait until the porcelain starts falling off of them before you change them.