escort 99 flashing check engine light

my daughter was on the service road yesterday as she wanted to accelerate. The check engine light started flashing and the car could not accelerate. She had to move to a drive way, stopped the car for a short period of time then restarted it. It then worked that fine after that.

She told me that the thing started happening a few months ago and the occurancies seemed to get more often. A guy at the Autozone store suggested that the fuel filter might needs replacing.

Could he be right about that?

Thanks for your comments.

Fuel filter is a possibility.
Next time you are there at the store ask them to get the code from the computer to find out why the light was flashing and you will know a lot more about what is happening.

the light stopped flashing after a minute or so. We could never get the code.

Have you tried to get the code? There may be one in there. Not all codes make the light flash.

I had the fuel filter replaced and the problem went away.