johnwc723
03-10-2007, 08:46 PM
Earlier this week I discovered my ignition switch was shot (my car wasn't staying in "on" mode) so I took at all apart cleaned it up all the contacts inside it and now its working just fine.
So today I use my car again for the first time and drive a few miles, go in a store and then on the way back the car just dies as I'm driving. I manage to get it into a parking lot and spend 15 min off and on cranking away to try to start it.
All of a sudden it finally starts and idles (very slightly rough) until i try to drive around and it sputters a little bit while I jerk around and it dies again. I have discovered the car will run indefinitely while idling but as soon as I try to drive it jerks around a bit and dies eventually.
I don't think this is related to my ignition switch (the car remains 'on' in which it didn't before). The first thing that popped into my head was fuel filter however its been replaced within the last 10k miles. Anyone else have any ideas, it seems I fix one problem and another one sprouts right up!!
So today I use my car again for the first time and drive a few miles, go in a store and then on the way back the car just dies as I'm driving. I manage to get it into a parking lot and spend 15 min off and on cranking away to try to start it.
All of a sudden it finally starts and idles (very slightly rough) until i try to drive around and it sputters a little bit while I jerk around and it dies again. I have discovered the car will run indefinitely while idling but as soon as I try to drive it jerks around a bit and dies eventually.
I don't think this is related to my ignition switch (the car remains 'on' in which it didn't before). The first thing that popped into my head was fuel filter however its been replaced within the last 10k miles. Anyone else have any ideas, it seems I fix one problem and another one sprouts right up!!