My '99 Prowler has been running great for the last 267,000 miles, yes that number is correct, and was until about three weeks ago. I was cruising about 45 mph and it just shut down. I safely got to the shoulder and tried to restart. Engine turned over but did not start. Triple A brought it home and the next day I tried starting it again. Engine caught and sputtered and died. It did this several times and Ifinally got 3 coded. No. 5 coil, Cam/Crank sensor, and TPS. All of these have been replaced. No change. I removed the IAC and cleaned a load of carbon off of if. I also replaced the fuel pump but I'm still in the same place. Engine cranks and runs about 5 to 10 seconds and shuts off. Tach drops to 0 rpm like the fire has been cut off. No codes show in scan but I have a "check gauge" indicator. Seems like an electrical problem but I have no idea what would cause this problem. Can anybody help?

SOURCE: 1998 Plymouth Breeze

change your sparkplug wires that will salve yor problem

SOURCE: Van runs fine for 3 to 5 miles after startup then dies

Have your crankshaft sensor checked. I had the same problem with my van. After trying to fix it myself with a new computer, distributor, fuel pump and filter, and oxygen sensor, I ended up taking it to my mechanic who owns the same van. He immediately told me it was the crankshaft sensor and he replaced it and it runs great now. It cost me around $85 for parts and labor.

SOURCE: 1997 Neon dies, starts after electric fuel pump relay swapped

Hello, I would assume this is your fuel pump inside your tank. I would first however do some basics like a general tuneup. For starters I would replace your spark plugs and wires, rotary cap and button and check your fuses. Run some injector cleaner through your system. You know quick simple cheap things before you get to the fuel pump inside the gas tank which can be kinda expensive. The warm up then dies can be caused by, "blownout or fouled," spark plugs. I hope this gives you a general direction in which to go. A sidenote is that coil packs do not normally run an igntion code and I for one do not like them becuase they are expensive.

SOURCE: 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE

This looks like you have the fuel tank vacuum. When is in repaus, the tank is sucking some air. When you start the engine, the fuel pump is sucking the fuel from tank and if this don't have a breathing hole or if this is clog or obturated then the fuel pump cannot **** anymore fuel and the engine stops. If you let it for a period of time alone then the tank might **** some air but not enough, so the engine will start but the simptome will show again. I had this simptomes with my car. Try to remove the fuel tank cap and see if you can drive more than 6-7 miles. If so, then the special breathing air hole in the fuel tank is clog. Identify it and clean it. I am not so sure about this problem but is just an ideea. Might be helpfull, who knows? Otherwise should be a PCM problem. In this case you should make a computer test. Good luck!

Justin Fitzgerald

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• Posted on Mar 10, 2011

SOURCE: car doesnt rev up

sounds ike it could be the Crank sensor, do you have the OBDII code off hand?