While I'm driving the car will turn off suddenly, the RMP meter and the spedometer will immediatelly drop. After that, I would have to let the car sit for about a minute and then it will start back up.
2006-11-10 11:47:53 · 11 answers · asked by C MAGIC 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Sorry, I forgot to include the car information.. I own a 98 Mitsubishi Eclipse, 4 Cyl 2.0 no turbo.
2006-11-12 17:27:18 · update #1
Without knowing what kind of car it is, the fact that the speedo and tach both go to zero while the car is still rolling suggests a loss of power. The first thing to check is your battery cables. I just replaced one on a 96 suburban that had the same syptoms. The positive cable to the starter was fine, the other one that feeds the main fuse and relay center was badly corroded at the battery end inside the red plastic cover. This is often caused by the battery leaking acid around the positive lug. I've seen this many times on GM vehicles with factory batteries.
2006-11-10 12:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by tech 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is puzzling. the RPM could drop almost immediately if an auto - but if manual, the intertia of the car should "carry the engine" so rpm will fall gradually.
Ditto MPH - unless you are going up a very stepp hill, speed should fall of fairly gently - not immediate
Is it always after XX minutes driving or might it be fine tomorrow for hours - and then fail after 5 minutes tomorrow?
Fuel starvation or overheating coil / coilpack might be possibilities, hard to see what else i likely to be intermittent.
Does it play up more in cold weather / hot weather / long jounreys ? short jhourneys?
Any odd noises coming from anywhere?
Lets have a few clues here (just edit your question and pop them in)
2006-11-10 12:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I own an auto salvage yard but not knowing what kind of car this is makes it hard to answer this question. It could be anything from and electrical problem or something in the fuel system, or even a drop in oil pressure.
2006-11-10 12:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not much of an information like, was your car making a funny noise on the engine like knocking? Anyway, my first guess was either your fuel pump are getting bad or fuel filter are clogged and not enough fuel could be getting to the engine. Replace the fuel filter first, its cheaper then have your mechanic or DIY to check the fuel pump pressure.
2016-05-22 03:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop,and any interruption in the fuel circuit will cause this such as a fuel pump relay kicking out on it from a heat condition,or a bad ground will also do it,there are a lot of things that can cause it,you need to take it by any auto zone ,and have them scan it and see if it left any trouble codes in the computer ,if it did this will help you determine the cause of it,,good luck,i hope this help,s.
2006-11-10 12:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My car did that to me when the fuel pump was going out. I would be on the Highway and it would just stop running. It usually stated up again until the fuel pump died. Which took about 4 days.
2006-11-10 11:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Plain Jane 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are a number of things that can cause this.
It would help if you could tell us what kind of car you are having the trubble with.
2006-11-10 12:06:02 · answer #7 · answered by goldwing127959 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have to buy new spark plugs for you car.
I have that problem. Im driving and suddley to car stop running,
but radio is still on.
2006-11-10 11:59:21 · answer #8 · answered by Friend from heart 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The clutch or out of gas
2006-11-10 11:56:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF CAR YOU HAVE AND WHAT YEAR IT IS I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I MUST KNOW THIS BEFORE I CAN GIVE YOU THE CORRECT ANSWER
2006-11-10 12:27:14 · answer #10 · answered by crusher28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋