05 quit running while driving
Drifting
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Good luck. When its fixed take a drive up here! I had some very strange electrical probs last year on my '11 - turned out to be BOTH the main battery and the FOB battery.
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Here is whats happening ...you have a loose ground wire behind the left rear wheel...it bolts to the frame there. So as you are moving..it loosen up and you get no fuel...as soon as you stop..it settles down and you can start the car again...I fought this problem for two weeks until it dawn upon me in a dream believe it or not
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Here is whats happening ...you have a loose ground wire behind the left rear wheel...it bolts to the frame there. So as you are moving..it loosen up and you get no fuel...as soon as you stop..it settles down and you can start the car again...I fought this problem for two weeks until it dawn upon me in a dream believe it or not
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Sometimes electrical components that fail, only do so when they get hot...I would find out what electrical components could cause this problem and check them one at a time...One that comes to mind is the ecm, parts in the ecm can malfuntion and fail when they heat up..It could be a ground, but the fact that the car starts right up again after stalling makes me think more in the line of electrical components in the ignition system...WW
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Here is whats happening ...you have a loose ground wire behind the left rear wheel...it bolts to the frame there. So as you are moving..it loosen up and you get no fuel...as soon as you stop..it settles down and you can start the car again...I fought this problem for two weeks until it dawn upon me in a dream believe it or not
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From: olney ill
Sometimes electrical components that fail, only do so when they get hot...I would find out what electrical components could cause this problem and check them one at a time...One that comes to mind is the ecm, parts in the ecm can malfuntion and fail when they heat up..It could be a ground, but the fact that the car starts right up again after stalling makes me think more in the line of electrical components in the ignition system...WW
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From: olney ill
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Here is my experience.Half way between Las Vegas and Salt lake city on a hot sunday afternoon mine stopped like it ran out of gas.Pulled over and like yours it starts every time but would only drive for a couple of miles and quit again. It took me 3 hours and I finally made it home. There was an orange engine light up on the dash. When the weather cools off and orange light went off it ran good the rest of the way. Took to dealer the next day and the computer showed multiple low fuel pressure readings. Replaced fuel pump and control circuit board. Have someone check your computer readings..
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With the car shutting down and having no dash lights or gauges working points to what others have suggested about a ground connection. Also check the connections with the battery cabling at the battery, starter motor, positive cabling to the under hood fuse box, negative cable connection at the ground to the block behind the starter. Follow the positive cable to the stater solenoid and look for evidences of the bakelite burnt or cracked at that connection point.
Here's a diagram listing the locations of some 12 ground points on the chassis.
Go to post #7
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...locations.html
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From: olney ill
Here is my experience.Half way between Las Vegas and Salt lake city on a hot sunday afternoon mine stopped like it ran out of gas.Pulled over and like yours it starts every time but would only drive for a couple of miles and quit again. It took me 3 hours and I finally made it home. There was an orange engine light up on the dash. When the weather cools off and orange light went off it ran good the rest of the way. Took to dealer the next day and the computer showed multiple low fuel pressure readings. Replaced fuel pump and control circuit board. Have someone check your computer readings..
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Probably not.
With the car shutting down and having no dash lights or gauges working points to what others have suggested about a ground connection. Also check the connections with the battery cabling at the battery, starter motor, positive cabling to the under hood fuse box, negative cable connection at the ground to the block behind the starter. Follow the positive cable to the stater solenoid and look for evidences of the bakelite burnt or cracked at that connection point.
Here's a diagram listing the locations of some 12 ground points on the chassis.
Go to post #7
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...locations.html
With the car shutting down and having no dash lights or gauges working points to what others have suggested about a ground connection. Also check the connections with the battery cabling at the battery, starter motor, positive cabling to the under hood fuse box, negative cable connection at the ground to the block behind the starter. Follow the positive cable to the stater solenoid and look for evidences of the bakelite burnt or cracked at that connection point.
Here's a diagram listing the locations of some 12 ground points on the chassis.
Go to post #7
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...locations.html
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What I would do, and don't know why the dealership didn't do it, but when I worked for Lincoln and had problems like your, we installed what we call flight recorder on the car and when it occurs you press a button to record what the ECM is doing.
Might want to ask for recorder.
Might want to ask for recorder.
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I just did a thread on the starter conn and the grounds Monday.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...nnections.html
If you check tightness/cleanliness yourself, please hear this caution: DO NOT attempt to check tightness on the starter solenoid with the battery connected. The wrench will certainly short to ground. Same holds true for the engine ground conn right above the starter G106. There, you'll likely short to the starter solenoid terminal.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...nnections.html
If you check tightness/cleanliness yourself, please hear this caution: DO NOT attempt to check tightness on the starter solenoid with the battery connected. The wrench will certainly short to ground. Same holds true for the engine ground conn right above the starter G106. There, you'll likely short to the starter solenoid terminal.