(There are two different reasons why this could happen. These things happened a few years ago and I remembered this site.) One day was heading to college during the evening so thankfully there wasn't any traffic. I was in one of the far left lane going down I-20 (near Atlanta becomes 4 lanes). Coming around a curve, the engine dies. No weird idle, no jerking feel, just felt like I turned the car off. Safely managed to get over onto the emergency shoulder. First time the car has done that. Waited a couple minutes but it never cranked. My mechanic told me that it was the distributor and got it replaced cranked perfectly fine.
This scared the heck out of my daughter as many times the car would stall when coming to a stop. It would be completely random and usually would occur at a very busy intersection. The car would always start right back up but it was a very anxiety inducing issue. Our Honda mechanic diagnosed the problem as being a faulty ignition switch and replaced it with an updated one which also failed as the problem happened yet again. My mechanic is replacing it tomorrow without charge and told me the updated switch fails quite often but usually the second time corrects it. We'll see...
Niece is a full time student and can't afford a new car and I have 2 grown kids so just trying to help out. Replaced wired, distributor. I believe its a sensor but there are so many - any help would be grateful.
I was driving on the interstate, going about 75 MPH when my car just shut off without warning, and would NOT turn back on. It was the scariest and most dangerous situation I have ever been in, and was a real pain in the ass to fix because we had no clue what caused it to happen. Turns out there was a wire that kept shorting out that was connected to the computer or something.
- althorstensen,
Berthoud, CO, US
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Needed a car and found the 1994 Honda Accord LX that needed some cleaning up. Detailed inside and out. Flushed transmission, changed oil, cleaned outside of engine, replaced leaking heater hose. Car running fine. Out Saturday and just dies in traffic. I'm driving along and it just dies! Three lanes traffic in each direction and I'm in center lane. Scary as anything you can imagine - screeching brakes people trying to avoid hitting me. Have hand out window waving for them to go around. Trying to restart. Two guys help push it off to side. Picked up from garage today. Mechanic said starter coil had popped off. They put it back on and car runs fine. Also one cooling fan not working & other stays on too much; think it's sensor but don't want to touch for now. I think my heart stopped when the car stopped. So many people stopped to lend a hand while I was waiting for tow truck. I was touched by their kindness. This is my only vehicle and I need it to be reliable. I will drive in lane nearest side of road / exit. Hope it doesn't happen again.
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(There are two different reasons why this could happen. These things happened a few years ago and I remembered this site.) One day was heading to college during the evening so thankfully there wasn't any traffic. I was in one of the far left lane going down I-20 (near Atlanta becomes 4 lanes). Coming around a curve, the engine dies. No weird idle, no jerking feel, just felt like I turned the car off. Safely managed to get over onto the emergency shoulder. First time the car has done that. Waited a couple minutes but it never cranked. My mechanic told me that it was the distributor and got it replaced cranked perfectly fine.
- Rans R., Conyers, GA, US