For about a year now, my 99 Acura 3.2TL stalls at random moments. At first, it would immediately start back up but more and more it takes longer. I has stalled at different driving patterns. It has stalled while driving 45 mph, stalled while turning onto another road and stalled while driving down the interstate while on cruise control. When it stalls, all of the dash lights come on (battery, oil, CEL, TCS and Key light). It's like it's "coasting" until the engine is completely disengaged and then i lose power steering. In some cases, it will take a good 30 - 45 minutes before it will crank again. When it takes longer to crank, it acts like it's "turning over" but nothing. It will eventually crank up but sometimes it will run like shit - very low idle - and stall out again. Eventually, after enough time and attempts, it will crank up and run like nothing is wrong (like a champ!).
I left it with my mechanic several months ago and they had it for several days. They told me that b/c when it stalls, the key light started flashing and therefore, said it was the ignition. The ignition was replaced but about a month later it cut off on me again. 3 times in one day! My mechanic said i should clean the throttle. Well, before i took it to him, i ran seafoam thru the intake and put some in the gas tank and some in the oil before doing an oilchange. I now am skeptical of my mechanics advise and don't think the ignition has/had anything to do with it.
I took it to the Acura dealership to have them take a look at it. They responded saying that b/c the car is not showing any codes, they cannot give me a diagnosis and recommended that i only run non ethanol gas. I have started doing that the last several months and it has not solved the problem. The car still cuts off on me at random moments. Most recently, i was sitting in the car while having lunch and had the car running in park and it shut off twice within 30 minutes and then it shut off twice that same day while driving home from work.
I do not drive the car very much. Maybe 2 or 3 times a weeks on short drives to the store or something and once a week to work which is about a 30 minute drive on the interstate. It does not do this every time i drive it - just seems to be random.
The car has over 200k miles, has gone thru a tranny rebuild at 150K miles ( which i recently had additional work done - second gear shift plate? ). It is due for a new timing belt and water pump but honestly, if this keeps up I'm thinking about getting rid of the car since no one seems to know why this is happening. The only reason I hesitate is b/c when it runs... it runs good!
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I left it with my mechanic several months ago and they had it for several days. They told me that b/c when it stalls, the key light started flashing and therefore, said it was the ignition. The ignition was replaced but about a month later it cut off on me again. 3 times in one day! My mechanic said i should clean the throttle. Well, before i took it to him, i ran seafoam thru the intake and put some in the gas tank and some in the oil before doing an oilchange. I now am skeptical of my mechanics advise and don't think the ignition has/had anything to do with it.
I took it to the Acura dealership to have them take a look at it. They responded saying that b/c the car is not showing any codes, they cannot give me a diagnosis and recommended that i only run non ethanol gas. I have started doing that the last several months and it has not solved the problem. The car still cuts off on me at random moments. Most recently, i was sitting in the car while having lunch and had the car running in park and it shut off twice within 30 minutes and then it shut off twice that same day while driving home from work.
I do not drive the car very much. Maybe 2 or 3 times a weeks on short drives to the store or something and once a week to work which is about a 30 minute drive on the interstate. It does not do this every time i drive it - just seems to be random.
The car has over 200k miles, has gone thru a tranny rebuild at 150K miles ( which i recently had additional work done - second gear shift plate? ). It is due for a new timing belt and water pump but honestly, if this keeps up I'm thinking about getting rid of the car since no one seems to know why this is happening. The only reason I hesitate is b/c when it runs... it runs good!
Any thoughts or suggestions?