my car keeps dying while driving

Asked by Rebecca Sep 13, 2017 at 05:41 PM about the 1998 Pontiac Bonneville 4 Dr SSE Sedan

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

While driving at anytime with out warning my car just dies. Help cant figure out the cause !!

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Take it to a shop that you trust and let them check for any codes that may have been recorded. Leave the car so they can experience the problem first hand or call for a tow the next time it happens and have it delivered to the repair shop you had pull the codes. Chasing phantoms like this is best left to the people that have the resources to find the problem. Good luck.

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I too had the same problems as you and many others have had. I found the culprit through blind luck and it turned out to be a corroded grounding block under the carpet just below the driver side door. The fuel pump along with the power windows some other functions are all grounded at this block. When it corrodes you will get all sorts weird happenings around you including the fuel pump shutting off and stalling the engine.

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