Engine shut down while driving? Any ideas?
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Engine shut down while driving? Any ideas?
Had a weird one the other day. Driving down the freeway with the cruise control on and all was fine. All of a sudden the cruise disconnected and the car slowed way down, possible stall. I continued without cruise and a minute later the made a huge hesitation, possibility another stall. Ran fine for the next ten miles until I pulled into town and the car totally stalled in the middle of the street....restarted and haven't had another problem. Any ideas? No codes at all, new battery, new battery cables and new ignition switch due to earlier problems. Don't trust the car once again 
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same thing happened to me a few weeks back, no codes, no check engine light. Then today....
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Had a weird one the other day. Driving down the freeway with the cruise control on and all was fine. All of a sudden the cruise disconnected and the car slowed way down, possible stall. I continued without cruise and a minute later the made a huge hesitation, possibility another stall. Ran fine for the next ten miles until I pulled into town and the car totally stalled in the middle of the street....restarted and haven't had another problem. Any ideas? No codes at all, new battery, new battery cables and new ignition switch due to earlier problems. Don't trust the car once again
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Here is my post from a while back. Bill helped with figuring out it was the ignition switch. I only drive the car once every two weeks or so....yea I'm bad. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it was unseasonably hot that day, 104 degrees. Don't know if that had anything to do with it or not.
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Here is my post from a while back. Bill helped with figuring out it was the ignition switch. I only drive the car once every two weeks or so....yea I'm bad. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it was unseasonably hot that day, 104 degrees. Don't know if that had anything to do with it or not.
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There were no codes, just one that had to do with right door. B8225 I think.
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When it happens,,,,,,you need to be more observant of your dash indications. Look at the DIC and Gages. Do they sweep like when you first insert the key and turn it on? Do you see CORVETTE BY CHEVROLET in the DIC?? Does the volt meter change??
This is such a vague symptom that I could tell you to check 30 different things.
This is such a vague symptom that I could tell you to check 30 different things.
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When it happens,,,,,,you need to be more observant of your dash indications. Look at the DIC and Gages. Do they sweep like when you first insert the key and turn it on? Do you see CORVETTE BY CHEVROLET in the DIC?? Does the volt meter change??
This is such a vague symptom that I could tell you to check 30 different things.
This is such a vague symptom that I could tell you to check 30 different things.
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Sort of sounds like the fuel pump quit on you. Bill should be able to tell you specifically where its ground is which is something that needs to be looked at. In your area where its wet most of the time, grounds exposed to the elements would be an issue.
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That's very possible as well. The first time it did it, I was on the freeway with cruise engaged. When the engine stumbled, the only thing I noticed on the dash was "cruise disengaged" but there might have been more.
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SP122 is notorious for getting corroded from exposure to battery acid.
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The fuel pump itself is grounded at the left rear outer frame rail. The fuel pump relay is grounded through SP122 (located under the battery tray) which is in turn grounded at G105(located on the left lower side of the block.
SP122 is notorious for getting corroded from exposure to battery acid.
SP122 is notorious for getting corroded from exposure to battery acid.
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Had a weird one the other day. Driving down the freeway with the cruise control on and all was fine. All of a sudden the cruise disconnected and the car slowed way down, possible stall. I continued without cruise and a minute later the made a huge hesitation, possibility another stall. Ran fine for the next ten miles until I pulled into town and the car totally stalled in the middle of the street....restarted and haven't had another problem. Any ideas? No codes at all, new battery, new battery cables and new ignition switch due to earlier problems. Don't trust the car once again
The next time that it happens, before you try to restart the car, just reach up and check the DTCs and see if theres any evidence.
