96 Stratus stalling problems

[saddriver]

Just bought a used 96 Stratus, and the engine has stalled a few times while driving on the highway. No warning, just shut off. Lights stayed on, so was not the battery. Pulled over, and car would not start. 5 minutes later it started. This has happened a couple of times. There was also a message showing on the odometer when trying to start "NO BUS". Dealership did not find anything wrong after hooking up the the computer. Need help. Any suggestions?

[xxxjayluvxxx]

well something like this happened to me before and it was the electrical wiring going to the coil. the clip on the wiring was broken off and when i would hit a bump the wiring would loosen and make my car die.

[theFREAKnasty82]

Originally Posted by saddriver

Just bought a used 96 Stratus, and the engine has stalled a few times while driving on the highway. No warning, just shut off. Lights stayed on, so was not the battery. Pulled over, and car would not start. 5 minutes later it started. This has happened a couple of times. There was also a message showing on the odometer when trying to start "NO BUS". Dealership did not find anything wrong after hooking up the the computer. Need help. Any suggestions?

"NO BUS" usually means that there is a communication problem between the modules. Have them, or you, check the connections at the engine computer under your hood, driver's side fenderwell. Also have the connections checked at the body control module, passenger compartment, passenger side inner kick panel. It could be something, (I've seen this before) as simple as a bad instrument panel not making good contact thus your vehicle loosing it's "BUS" or comm signal.

[theFREAKnasty82]

Originally Posted by saddriver

Just bought a used 96 Stratus, and the engine has stalled a few times while driving on the highway. No warning, just shut off. Lights stayed on, so was not the battery. Pulled over, and car would not start. 5 minutes later it started. This has happened a couple of times. There was also a message showing on the odometer when trying to start "NO BUS". Dealership did not find anything wrong after hooking up the the computer. Need help. Any suggestions?

"NO BUS" usually means that there is a communication problem between the modules. Have them, or you, check the connections at the engine computer under your hood, driver's side fenderwell. Also have the connections checked at the body control module, passenger compartment, passenger side inner kick panel. It could be something, (I've seen this before) as simple as a bad instrument panel not making good contact thus your vehicle loosing it's "BUS" or comm signal. The I.C.'s are notorious for going bad on these cars.

[saddriver]

Originally Posted by theFREAKnasty82

"NO BUS" usually means that there is a communication problem between the modules. Have them, or you, check the connections at the engine computer under your hood, driver's side fenderwell. Also have the connections checked at the body control module, passenger compartment, passenger side inner kick panel. It could be something, (I've seen this before) as simple as a bad instrument panel not making good contact thus your vehicle loosing it's "BUS" or comm signal.

When the car would not start, the "NO BUS" signal was being displayed on the odometer, but once I got it started and brought down to the dealer right away, they had told me the "no bus" signal was from 65 starts ago. Would this imply the car not starting at this time, was not due to a communication problem?????????

[theFREAKnasty82]

what happens 65 start-ups ago usually doesn't have a major bearing on the current start-up cycle. If the modules can't talk, the car won't start; like if your spinal cord is injured, you'll loose feeling to one or more of your extremities in your body, same with the bus signal with your car. What the dealer is telling is half-right. The 65 start-up is not necessarily true. It really sounds like a bad connection somewhere, more than likely in your instrument cluster itself where there is corrosion or something else going screwy.