Greetings,
I'm having a problem with my 95'. I know a little about auto mechanics but this has me stumped. I'm driving down the road and the damn thing just dies. It's happened twice in the past ten days. Here's what happens; the engine will start to sputter, of all things the antilock brake warning light comes on, all analog gauges go dead, speedometer, tach, everything. Pushing the accelerator has no effect. Cannot increase speed. Then the engine quits. Only way to restart it is with a jump. After it's started all the radio stations have to be reset. So when the engine dies there's obviously nothing much left in the battery. Power windows will go up and down but very slowly. Turning the key has no effect. Engine won't even turn over. Originally I though the battery was bad. But it ran fine for ten days before it happened again. One thing I did notice that happened both times, there was a loud "click" coming from under the hood just before the engine turned over and started. Twice now I've heard that click, and twice I've had this problem. Can't put this all together. Dead analog gauges, antilock brake warning light, and the click when the car is first started. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
I'm having a problem with my 95'. I know a little about auto mechanics but this has me stumped. I'm driving down the road and the damn thing just dies. It's happened twice in the past ten days. Here's what happens; the engine will start to sputter, of all things the antilock brake warning light comes on, all analog gauges go dead, speedometer, tach, everything. Pushing the accelerator has no effect. Cannot increase speed. Then the engine quits. Only way to restart it is with a jump. After it's started all the radio stations have to be reset. So when the engine dies there's obviously nothing much left in the battery. Power windows will go up and down but very slowly. Turning the key has no effect. Engine won't even turn over. Originally I though the battery was bad. But it ran fine for ten days before it happened again. One thing I did notice that happened both times, there was a loud "click" coming from under the hood just before the engine turned over and started. Twice now I've heard that click, and twice I've had this problem. Can't put this all together. Dead analog gauges, antilock brake warning light, and the click when the car is first started. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
