Cut out while driving
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:16 am
Here's a weird one in my eyes. 1995 AT GPX
Drove her home from Newcastle to Sydney last night which meant cruising at 120 or so all the way down the Pacific. Came to Pennant Hills road which meant my first set of lights in over an hour, coasted for a while before braking and felt the front wheels buck, almost like they'd locked for a tenth of a second, tacho spazzed for that exact moment too.
Less than a minute later, tacho started going mental and I lost all throttle response, foot to the floor and nothing, engine still running, engine cut out as I slowed to a stop. Gave it about a minute then started it up just fine on the side of the road and drove off. Happened 4 or 5 more times before I got home, more often when coasting, stopped or at low speeds. All while being in normal auto mode. I seemed to momentarily avoid the problem by putting the car in neutral as I came to a stop, using tiptronic as well as keeping revs and speed up.
TLDR
Tacho going mental and losing throttle response while driving
Leads to engine cutting out
Starts after a minute or two
IFS?
Drove her home from Newcastle to Sydney last night which meant cruising at 120 or so all the way down the Pacific. Came to Pennant Hills road which meant my first set of lights in over an hour, coasted for a while before braking and felt the front wheels buck, almost like they'd locked for a tenth of a second, tacho spazzed for that exact moment too.
Less than a minute later, tacho started going mental and I lost all throttle response, foot to the floor and nothing, engine still running, engine cut out as I slowed to a stop. Gave it about a minute then started it up just fine on the side of the road and drove off. Happened 4 or 5 more times before I got home, more often when coasting, stopped or at low speeds. All while being in normal auto mode. I seemed to momentarily avoid the problem by putting the car in neutral as I came to a stop, using tiptronic as well as keeping revs and speed up.
TLDR
Tacho going mental and losing throttle response while driving
Leads to engine cutting out
Starts after a minute or two
IFS?