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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 11:44 PM
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when i take a right turn kinda fast or sharp my engine cuts out for a second and than goes again. any idea? for example turin right at a intersection going about 15-20 mph with the lights green so not slowing down to a stop.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 01:20 AM
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It is possible you have an issue in the colum,it could be shorting out the ignition switch.
I would look under the dash and see if you might be stretching some wires are maybe the colum is loose and shorting out inside.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunnar89
when i take a right turn kinda fast or sharp my engine cuts out for a second and than goes again. any idea? for example turin right at a intersection going about 15-20 mph with the lights green so not slowing down to a stop.
My engine was shutting off because of a vad fuel filter probably not it but mine was litteraly doin the same thing hopefully its a 20 dollar fix like mine haha
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 02:49 AM
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humm well if was a short wouldnt the head lights or any other light dim out out or flicker or stereo turn off of a sec?... and how often sould the fuel filter be changed i changed it maybe 10k miles or so ago
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 02:55 AM
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You can have a short in the colum and not effect anything else,the lights other than the dimmer are not in the colum. I read recently where that actually happened to someone else that is what made me think of it.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 11:29 AM
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alright ill check it out after work and see wh at i can find but its scary under there... theres wires going to plugs thats not pluged in anything everywere...
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