HELP! Car sputtered today in traffic, CEL flashed on and off

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Ultymte

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:shrug: I guess this will be first major problem for me and my few months of SHO ownership. There was pretty heavy traffic on the highway coming home this afternoon. As I inch closer to my exit my car started acting a little foolish. I was tired of working the clutch, so I thought it was just me and my laziness. Then the CEL lit up. THAT caught my attention. RPM's dropped and the car felt like it was going to stall. So I put it in neutral and reved it up a bit. CEL goes off, no worries zzzzz. 20 seconds later it does the same thing :omg: , so I did the same thing and again no worries. Everything was fine for the rest of my trip home.

I jumped on the forum and started searching. I need to pull codes. Out comes the handy dandy AutoXray 2000 with OBD I capabilities. I did a KOEO and I pulled a code 111, with MEMORY codes 214, and 542. I'm going to search all the codes, but I'm gonna need some help good people. Should I go do a KOER? :confused: What do I have on my hands here, MAJOR stuff or something a little time tools and patience can fix up? :shrug:

***EDIT/UPDATE*** Through my fabulous search effort I have learned that the 542 could have been caused my a stall event, which I have had a couple since I took possession of the car. So should I reset and not worry about that for now?

I am however a little more concerned about the 214. From what I have read if my pump was indeed going out I would get 2 different codes...please elaborate!

***SECOND EDIT/UPDATE*** Did the KOER test and pulled a 536. Help me out guys, I'm stumped! :cry:
 
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Rockledge

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The 214 code is a CID (camshaft position) sensor code. A bad CID sensor could cause the symptoms you have described.
 
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