Posted on Mar 17, 2009

Engine shuts off going down the road

Yesterday, the 93 oldemobile was going down the road about 60 and all the dash lights lit up. The car engine shut off and power steering went out. I barely got the wheels turned to get the car off the road and the steering wheel locked. Almost slid down a hill. After 3 minutes the car cranked and ran fine.
I just had the plate (tells the pistons when to fire) replaced because the car would shut off while idling or backing up in the drive way. Would run rough and acted like it would quit going up hills some times. Other times it ran just fine. Mechanics can't seem to find the problem.

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We had a similar problem and it was the connector that connects the ignition module (bottom of coil packs to the wiring harness. The technician spread the socket connectors and it solved the issue.

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