Why car shuts off while driving and wont restart

Asked by Helpmeplease2009 Nov 14, 2023 at 05:55 PM about the 2009 Scion tC FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

while driving my car would start to shake and loose power like it was going to
die.. when i give it more gas it would accelerate extremely slow and when i
slow down it would eventually end up shutting off completely before i could
get the car stopped... its happened a couple times now and when it happens
it wont start unless i waited for a half hour to and hour then it would start up
and be fine.... but this last time it happen i cant get it to start up

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Gene answered about a year ago

Any codes? Fuel pressure problem, exhaust system restriction. Cam and crank sensors.

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