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illegal activity asked in Cars & TransportationMaintenance & Repairs · 6 years ago

Car shut off while driving.?

I have a 1998 Honda Civic EX. I was driving home from work and noticed he started jolting, as i stepped on the accelerator. Then it started and dying on me and shut off in the middle of the road. Then it would not start again. Finally after a few tries i was able to start him and move it to a more safer spot on the side of the road and it shut off again. My wife came and i was able to get it started again to at least get it home which was just a few blocks away. We got home tried starting it again and nothing. Left it alone for about 45 min then came back to try again and it started, struggled a little bit. Ive never had this happen, what should i be checking for? FYI i replaced the battery a couple months ago and i made sure terminals are tight and clean.

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  • Cade
    6 years ago

    Im not no mechanic but my grandmothers car has sort of the same problem. What i did was went to O' Reileys and bought some caurborator and throttle body cleaner and if that dowsnt work then im sorry i couldnt help.

  • jimanddottaylor
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    The fact that you were able to start and restart it, suggests that the battery was fine. I would look for a lack of fuel problem. But there is not much to go on.

  • Chris
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    Fuel pump going bad and or the FPR and fuel filter need to be change out also.

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