1998 Buick Century shut off, loss of steering and brakes and won't start back up.

Asked by misscampbell1215 Dec 04, 2016 at 07:22 PM about the 1998 Buick Century

Question type: General

I have a 1998 Buick Century and I was driving
down the road when it randomly shut off with no
warning and lost all steering and brakes. Now it
won't start back up. What would cause this?

1 Answer

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If it restarts after cooling down (it always starts ok when it is cool or setting overnight) the first place I would look is the coil pack. The circuit board under the coils seems to go bad, over heats and the potting compound often seeps out below the coils, which is an indication of the problem. After the engine cools down it will restart until the board finally totally fails. These coil boards are available at auto parts stores and are not that difficult to replace if you or someone you know has some tools.

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