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Old 09-11-2004, 09:36 PM
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intermittent cut-out, usually warm weather, 3 years now.

My 92 olds cutless ciera has been intermittently cutting out while driving or coming to a stop or already stopped. This has been happening for the past 3 years. No codes show up and does not quit running when I have it at the service station or they run it on the computer, spend hundreds of dollars trying to fix this problem. It used to ONLY happen in temperatures around 80 degrees and higher..two years in a row..say from end May till Fall. Then this year, the past month or two it is cutting out at temps anything from 50's and higher. It is not daily usually. It can happen 10 times in an hour or two and then be ok for 2 weeks! It does not happen at high speeds (like highway driving). What happens is it just quits as if I turned it off. No prior notice, just suddently all the brake lights, engine lights, etc. come on and I have to steer it to safety and restart it. Usually it will restart but I have to keep foot on gas heavily for a while else it quits immediately again. I have had fuel pump replaced, ignition module and 3 other plug things and their wires (cant recall names), had a new computer put in, had fuel injectors cleaned but still doing this. Oh yes, at times I can be driving and the car will hesitate and then "take" again as if nothing happened (not quiting on me - but most times when it acts up it does not hesitate but just quits without any warning). Sometimes I seem to feel a stiffness in the steering column when it acts up. Would appreciate some advice!!! Potentially dangerous when turning across a street too!
Thanks..Gopher
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