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ISUrb33

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My car has been running fine but all of a sudden the car will die when im driving down the road, sometimes it will stay off and sometimes it will start back up while the car is still rolling wqithout me turning the key. I am confused and not sure what the problem is. I was thinking maybe there is a short in the fuel regulator? I honestly have no clue what it could be. I thought once a car died it was dead until you turn it back on but since it will restart itself I dont know what it is. Any help would be very usefull. Thanks
 

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ISUrb33 said:
My car has been running fine but all of a sudden the car will die when im driving down the road, sometimes it will stay off and sometimes it will start back up while the car is still rolling wqithout me turning the key. I am confused and not sure what the problem is. I was thinking maybe there is a short in the fuel regulator? I honestly have no clue what it could be. I thought once a car died it was dead until you turn it back on but since it will restart itself I dont know what it is. Any help would be very usefull. Thanks
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If it's a stick and the key is still turned to the run position..not start.....it would be like "bump" starting......that was a trick a lot of us used with sticks when the battery was dead etc......push the car with the key on run and dump the clutch with the car in gear..........have you checked the car for codes......?
 

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I would do like he said, check for codes first, then clean your maf/iat, then do a cylinder balance test followed by a fuel pressure and vacuum test.
Scott
 

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mine had been doing that once every few days up until 2 weeks ago, i know exactly how you feel- it's annoying and confusing as hell.

check the voltage on your ignition control module (under the MAF), clean out all of the connections under the hood, make sure the ground wire from the battery to the engine is clean and working good. dont waste money by buying a new coil (like i did) or a new ICM (like i did).

dont buy something unless it's broken...

...and that is the most broken rule here on :SNSign:
 

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Wade, sorry to hear you're still fighting that bug.

ISU, also let us know how long it shuts-off for? A split second, a second, 2 seconds, etc?

Good luck.
 

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My guess.... PIP

If thats what it is than you should get a code for it.
 
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I am sorry, i forgot to mention. This problem is happening in my daily driver which is a bone stock mustang GT , full exhaust, and is an automatic. im not sure if that makes a difference or not.
 

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69clark said:
My guess.... PIP

If thats what it is than you should get a code for it.
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+1

Tom got to it first, but those sound like the symptoms of a bad pickup..

The fact that it's bone stock won't matter here, it's not a hard repair, just a dizzy rebuild.

Run codes?
 
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