The car is a 92 Olds Cutlass Ciera. Here's what it's doing:
Most of the time, it's just fine. This is my husband's car, and he takes it to work daily. When going to work, he drives the highway, with only a few blocks worth of in-town driving (getting to and from the highway). It's fine. Most of the time driving in town, it's ok too. But every so often (about 5 times in the past month and a half), it acts up. The best way I can describe what it's doing is it will start to stutter badly, then quietly die. It ONLY does this when decelerating at a stop. When it dies, it will fire right back up again with no problem. But, it starts, and then it revs itself up rather high, slowly smoothing back out. Once it idles down and smooths out, it will idle fine. However, we put it in gear, and it immediately dies again. We have to let it sit there, turned off, for anywhere from 10-30 minutes. After the wait, it fires right up, acts normal, and goes into gear just fine and off we go.
2007-03-23 09:59:30 · 8 answers · asked by wrens_kittie_stardust 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Today, it developed a new issue. Seems it's hesitating really bad, stuttering, and kind of dragging up till about 40 mph, then it clears and is fine. My husband (who told me about this) said about a block from home, it gave a hard shutter, like it "passed a stone" and seemed fine after that. He took it out for a test tonight, and he said it's still a bit hesitant, but seems a little better.
2007-03-30 17:08:09 · update #1
sounds like a worn out ignition system
2007-03-23 10:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by Larry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since your Olds is prior to 1996 it has the OBD1 (on board diagnostics) system. I believe the OBD 1 will still give you or your mechanic a "trouble code" when you plug into the ALDL (assembly line diagnostic link) under the dash. At one time there was available a small two-pronged pin to put into the ALDL to get it to cough up the code while we drove it to the work bay from the parking lot. I've been retired for quite a few years but that's what I still recall about the OBD 1.
2007-03-30 12:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Homey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a vapor lock. Check the fuel filter. Maybe it has an intermittent in the fuel pump.
2007-03-23 10:08:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 11:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by croes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EGR (exhaust gas recirculator) valve is getting stuck open.
Or, an engine sensor fault. Or both.
Or, a vacuum leak. Or all three.
2007-03-23 10:03:41 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lock up torque converter solenoid is bad costs about $75 to $100 to get replaced
2007-03-29 11:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by a74impala2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can see from the range of answers that this isn't a simple question to answer. I'd take the vehicle in.
2007-03-31 08:18:43 · answer #7 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
throttle position sensor?
2007-03-29 06:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by jason m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋