My g/f has a 1996 Neon with about 130 K miles on it. While she puts less than 10K miles on the car a year, she has neglected to get ANY work done to it. About 3 months ago it developed a problem of suddenly dying while driving. It usually would die within 10 miles or about 20 minutes of driving. If you then let it sit for 5-20 minutes, the car will fire right up again and run another 5- 10 miles before doing it again.
We took it to a shop and they did some basic maintenance, scanned the codes and repaired a faulty wiring connection somewhere beneath the battery tray. They also replaced the fuel filter.
Well, it didn't fix the problem. This weekend I drove the car around and again confirmed the original fault, sudden stalling after about 15 miles of driving.
I have now replaced the coil, spark plug wires, spark plugs, oil and air filters, gave it an oil change, the basics.
I will do a scan check shortly, and am now faced with driving the car myself to see if I repaired it. Are there any other possible causes that I might be missing that can cause this?
Thanks!