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2002 Eldorado Northstar Engine shutdown while driving

Started by zak, October 17, 2015, 04:58:06 PM

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zak

My 2002 Eldo recently shut down while driving the other day; I was lucky to be able to coast into the shoulder.  It started within a minute or two but quickly shut down again.  I waited a few more minutes then it started and kept running and then I proceeded to drive a very cautious 45 miles to my mechanic without any issue.  The next day my mechanic could not detect any thing wrong as it was running fine.

In the past I experienced the car buck with a momentary engine shut down but it "restarted" and kept going; it seemed a second or less had expired.  This has happened 3 or 4 times during the 6 plus years that I have owned the car.  I'm wondering if there is a relationship between the incidents.

It is an ETC with approximately 133,000 miles; it otherwise drives great and has been properly maintained.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Craig Dziedzic
Member #20632

Smedly

Just a thought, but does caddy have ignition switch problem that other gm cars had? I know my in laws alero was acting like that and it was the switch.
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Sheldon Hay

76eldo

Craig,

There are SO many things it could be...

You may have to wait until it fails completely to diagnose the problem.

It could be a faulty fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump, junk in the tank, wiring fault, bad ground somewhere, cracked wire in the harness, just have to wait until it throws a code or dies completely.

I'd suggest getting a AAA plus membership, gives you 100 miles free towing.  When I had my 99 Eldo I found out that you can max out the towing at 5 incidents per year.

Good Luck.

Brian
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Roger Zimmermann

With my 2000 DTS I had similar incidents: during the drive, the engine would quit for one second or less and then resume as nothing happened. Once the engine stalled; I could restart it immediately. The local GM dealer replaced both crankshaft sensors and the ignition switch, the problem was solved. However there was a trouble code: P0385.
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zak

Roger I think you hit it as my mechanic called this morning saying it is the crank sensor and hopefully in a day or two I'll be on the road again.  Thank you very much for your input as well as the others for their concern.