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Intermittent car shutting down?

The car is 1995 Eagle Talon. The car cuts off whether idle or driving. Seems to do more when temperature outside is hotter. Was doing this before winter then stopped through winter and now doing again. Fuel pump and ignition seems perfectly fine. Changed fuel filter and fuel line seems correct pressure. I definitely lean toward electrical problem all fuses and relays are working as far as I can tell.

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Sometimes it starts right back up

The only known fix is removing positive from battery to reset computer then fires right up and runs good for awhile

Check engine light comes on and goes off, usually turns off after restarting car

Sometimes check engine light turns off while driving and feel quick hesitation

After removing positive from battery it makes no spark touching to post until after computer has reset then here a slight spark as I put it back on, as if computer has shut the car down

When it dies the oil light comes on usual but also the battery light and on occasion the symbol for the coolant reservoir, all fluids are checked and topped off always

I'm starting to lean toward a sensor telling the computer to shutdown but not sure how to test them all and seems like many. It just seems the computer is turning the car off and/or all power to the motor is being shut down at random and usually will not start for 10 minutes but sometimes longer and I'm at the point if it doesn't start up immediately I go for the reseting the computer, wait, 99% of the time then fires up after reconnecting battery.

Any ideas?

Update:

Also I've had battery checked numerous times and always checks out as "good". I keep the connections clean as a whistle with the brush tool as well.

Update 2:

I was actually suspicious of the ASD relay because it could make the car do what it's doing. I do get dash codes but only tells me battery has been disconnected in the last 50 or so cycles and the 55 end of messages. It's not giving me any other codes.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    First idea is to have the car scanned at a dealer so you know WTF is going on. They will also check the engine data with the Mutt II scanner. The ASD relay is a common failure item. It's mounted with the fuel pump relay on the drivers side firewall.

    Source(s): Mitsubishi Master Tech
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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