1992 cavalier. starts and drives fine, but will die after it's been driven if i try to put it in gear again. What's the problem? bought it site unseen, drove it home about 7 miles and it started sputtering when i got close to home. put it in park and it died. it would not go into gear again without killing the engine everytime i tried until it was completely cooled down the next morning

check your idler control valve(motor) this valve controls idler an low speed it is located on the throttle body

Sir if the starter is not even turning im sorry to inform your engine might be broken. Lack of oil could be the reason. I d reccomend to send to a mechanic shop inmediately.

didnt specify the year but some of the older 90s the torque converter clutch solenoid [ tcc ] failing or connector problem you can disconnect it and drive i believe the 95 and down can be replaced by unscrewing it from case --others are inside unit

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

Your TCC soleniod may be sticking or bad. The Torque Converter Clutch may be staying engaged when you come to a stop this very evident if you drive over 35 mph and you have this problem and it will only occur when the vehicle is warm. this may!! be your problem if you meet the above criteria.

Your solenoids inside the transmission may be bad, try to unplug the 4 wire connector to the front of the transmission to see if the problem still continues, if it doesn't then its the solenoids causing the problem, they stay engaged into gear thus car dies and when you put on park, it starts fine again, when you shift it dies again. I had the same problem, changed the all solenoids fix my problem. Hope it helps.

This could be a couple of different problems. You said it dies after it gets warm. Is this just like when you stop at a stop sign? And you say it starts back up but dies when you put it in gear? If you restart it and leave it in park it won't die??? Just dies if you put it in gear? I think it might be your torque converter clutch solenoid.

open the hood, on the side of the transmission is a blue plug, unplug it and try it again, if this fixes it the lockup converter solenoid in the transmission is messed up.

try unplugging the one plug in front of trans it has 2 or 3 wires in it . its below the battery it is the lockup solinoid and they go bad and keep the trans in lockup mode and will do what your saying.

Its the same problem I have. It"s called a TCC (Torque Converter Clutch) Just unplug the wiring harness on the drivers side, connected to the transmission, it works fine now.