Every so often (a total of five times thus far), while driving along a certain stretch of freeway in Los Angeles (the 60 west near the Indiana exit) my 98 XJR stops responding to the gas pedal. The engine still runs, the car just refuses to accelerate for about 10 seconds. Thus I coast (and flip on the hazards) until it starts responding again. It has never happened anywhere else. I reach this location about five minutes into my commute, although it doesn't seem to matter what time or day it is (eg, sometimes I go to work on the weekend, leave later in the morning, and it still happens).
In the Jag-lovers forum, someone had a similar problem and a poster suggested strong radar arrays may be the problem. Is this possible? I've read that strong radar signals may interfere with electrical components, but to this degree? And it's not like I see other cars losing acceleration either. Further, the closest major airports (LAX and Longbeach) are about 10 miles away from that location, although airlines do fly relatvively close overhead. In the latest incident, I noted a plane flying across the freeway about 5-10 seconds before the gas pedal stopped responding.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.