I Need Help I was driving my car and it cuts off and the VSC LIghts and Check Engine lights come on It will start back up after a min but Its dangerous on highway while driving and car cuts off I took it too shop put new plugs and wires in and it was fine for a week my tank was low so on way to gas station It cut off again and VSC Lights CHECK ENGINE came back on so I fill tank up and everything off again , I was online and wondering if its the TSP I need help Cause need this problem fix and tired of shops playing the guessing game

 

you try cleaning the throttle body? any blown fuses how many miles you got, could be needing a tune up.

 

Man, that's like Pandora's box. Could be anything from loose battery cables, to clogged fuel pump, bad ecu, to who knows what else.

First, I'd post this again in the maintenance forum here on CL. We got some pretty knowledgeable guys there.

Next, if it's in the budget, get a OBDII scanner at local autoshop, and try pulling the codes when the CEL lights up. That'll give you a MUCH better idea, of what's going on.

 

What did the code say?

 

I had the same problem. It was the battery connections. I replaced the clamps and it worked fine after that. No problems since. This was like 3 years ago.

 

No code no go....

 

Yea I'm almost 100% sure it's the clamps u connect your car to the battery with I had the same problem I had to change the battery terminals. Really shouldn't be anything else. The shop you went to should've checked that if they were smart

 

Happend to me when my yellow top optima was shorting out.