Have a really weird problem coming home from Death Valley while on vacation. Just cruising along about 65 with the ac cranking in about 95 degrees out. the water temp was a shade over 210 and everything was fine. Then without warning I notice a sudden loss of power as if someone turned the ignition off. Which scared me because I was on the 127 freeway out in the middle of nowhere. then the engine came back to life. this cutting in and out occurred sporadically all the way to the I-15 freeway. It would cut out then come back online. Everything seemed fine as far as the alt, temp and gas gauge goes. It finally died 30 miles before Barstow and then I had to be towed in. After it died I tried to restart it and it started fine. The check engine light did come on longer then usual but soon went out. I had it towed to a shop in Barstow the AAA suggested I go. They did not find a thing wrong with it. Cat was fine, the MAP was ok. cap and rotor ok, fuel pump ok, no codes showed up, spark plugs fine, and they test drove it 30 miles. So I drove it the rest of the way home without the AC running and made it ok. Just really gets me as to what the problem could be, Any ideas? The only thing that I can think of is a corroded battery terminal?? A/C might have been drawing to much current, denying the computer antiquate power??
98 TJ 4.0 45,000 5 spd- posted
18 years ago