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Just purchased a 94 Sunbird SE for my son (today) Started fine. Drove for 15 minutes. Shut it down and it sat for 1 hr. Started again after registration and insurance. Drove for 10 minutes. Stopped once for 2 minutes. Started again drove for another 5 minutes. Shut off. Restarted to re park and every time the car was put into gear (P or D) the engine died. 20 minutes later started the car and drove. Car sat for 2 hours, started and drove for 10 minutes, no problem. Started and driven again after 10 minute meeting. Drove approx 20 minutes. Sat for 2 hours. Started fine and drove 20 minutes. Car died in intersection. Unable to get car going. Would start every time but as soon as in gear the "Check Engine" "Check Guages" lights would come on. No matter how high the RPMs as soon as it went into either D, R, 1, 2 the engine died. Had it towed home (20 minutes) and once it was home started fine and was able to move the car. Not the best first day car experience. Suggestions?

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Take it back to where you got it and make them refund your purchase price. If they refuse and you finianced it go to them, There a law called "The Lemon Law" that makes it unlawful to sell something like that. Sounds like you sure bought one. Don't do anything to it just get hold of the place where you bought it and tell them to come get their junk out of your yard! dhgill1949

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