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juniordelor

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Hi everyone, to get to the point this morning i was driving to work and i was about to make a right to enter a parking lot suddenly the car just buckle up: engine cut off, the steering wheel locked up, i push the brake car keep sliding, when it finally came to a stop, i saw the "service engine soon" light on, i turn the ignition off and back on the car started with no problem. Thank God there were no other cars in the lot, it was early; it could have been ugly if it happened 45 minute later.
So, has any of you experience this problem before? and what do you guys think might be the problem,? i called my ford dealer they told me to bring the car in. my car is a 1999 mustang gt, 5 speed bone stock except i replace the plastic intake manifold with the new aluminium crossoever one.
 

2000fordstanggt

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my first guess would be the fuel pump.
 
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saleen556

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Mine was doing that a few months ago. I swapped out the FPDM and fuel rail pressure sensor and it never did it again. My fuel pressure would drop just before it would die though.
 

Lasik12

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Might also want to check your MAF sensor and wiring.
 
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2002GreyGT

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Mine had done that 3-4 times in the past 5 years, usually when making right turns. Never really figured it out.

However, my RPMs where dropping when I would take it out of gear and I found a small crack in my PCV hose and fixed that and the problem went away.

~K
 
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MichaelsLilGray

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Check all your vaccum lines and your filter. It sounds like you have a air leak.. and a bad one at that. Get some MAF sensor cleaner. Clean it off, and try it again. It could have been any of these problems.. good luck on it
 

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could be a bad battery connection..
 

BurningRubber

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A bad or dirty IAC will cause it to dip in idle sometimes and stall out. Happend to me alot.
 

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could be a number of things,fuel pump is a good candidate,maybe a faulty crank sensor,fuel pressure regulator.mine does something similar but it only does it when the car is low on gas around a quarter tank and it has a wierd starting problem after i fill up.i usually prime it a couple times and it works better.idk,odd problem.
 

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+1 on vac hoses, mine would do this after WOT runs or slowing down to exit the freeway, the rpms would just fall and fall and fall til it died lol i figured it was a vac leak cuz i tightened all my hoses and it never happened again does the CEL turn off when u restart it??
 
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