My car runs, but sometimes, not every time I drive it, the check engine light comes on, and the car won't accelerate when I step on the gas, and sometimes it dies, and won't start again right away. I have to just sit and wait. Then, all of a sudden, it starts just fine, light goes out , and it runs fine for a while. It happens infrequently. It wouldn't do it when I had it at a shop recently to have the starter replaced. When I drove off, the light came on, but car did not die then. 15 minutes later light came on, car stopped accellerating (on a busy highway!)for a few sec's, then light went off, and it would run normal. Could it be the ignitor? Some loose connection? I really can't afford to put it in the shop on a diagnostic machine, Can anyone help me out?
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18 years ago