Car turns off randomly on the road

Asked by GuruX7LBL Nov 23, 2018 at 06:22 PM about the 1996 Nissan Altima GXE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The car sometimes turns on after pushing gas down significantly and then will
randomly turn off in middle of street. This problem just begin to occur within last
couple weeks, how to fix this problem.

2 Answers
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KenF answered 5 years ago

Can you check if any trouble codes are being set? If car is only starting after holding gas peddle all the way down (WOT, or wide Open Throttle) then it's because it is flooding. WOT clears the flood (by restricting injectors) while cranking. This may explain why it starts with peddle depressed, but not why it is shutting off, although the two may have something in common regarding the fuel flow or pressure.

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GuruX7LBL answered 5 years ago

There are no trouble codes being set. You have to press the gas pedal numerous times before it may start even. But once it's starts it randomly just stops without any warning.

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