My MX-3 "dies"
Posted: January 2nd, 2006, 5:38 pm
Hi!
Im from sweden so my english isnt 100% so bare with me.
I have a MX-3 with a major problem, it has "died" during driving a couple of times.
It´s like this: for more than five times my Mazda has shut it self off while im driving it and when it happens the rpm-meter just dives down to 0 and every lamp on the dashboard turns on. You can compare it with if you was to turn the ignition-key off while driving and the turning it back 2 steps into the position before the start-engine.
Every time this has happend I was driving like 60mph (~100Km/h) on the fith gear. I drive it every day in the city and it works just fine in that way, but when I push it a little and bring it up to speed this happens.
When this happen I cant start the car again right away, but after like 2 minutes it starts like usual again and I can drive it calmly as far as I want to.
Has anyone got any idea what the problem can be? I´ve been told it could have something to do with the fuel-system, like something clogging up the fuel-filter or that the fuelpump is starting to give up.
The car is an MX-3 1,8 24V V6 -92
All help is much appreciated,
Best Regards
Daniel
Im from sweden so my english isnt 100% so bare with me.
I have a MX-3 with a major problem, it has "died" during driving a couple of times.
It´s like this: for more than five times my Mazda has shut it self off while im driving it and when it happens the rpm-meter just dives down to 0 and every lamp on the dashboard turns on. You can compare it with if you was to turn the ignition-key off while driving and the turning it back 2 steps into the position before the start-engine.
Every time this has happend I was driving like 60mph (~100Km/h) on the fith gear. I drive it every day in the city and it works just fine in that way, but when I push it a little and bring it up to speed this happens.
When this happen I cant start the car again right away, but after like 2 minutes it starts like usual again and I can drive it calmly as far as I want to.
Has anyone got any idea what the problem can be? I´ve been told it could have something to do with the fuel-system, like something clogging up the fuel-filter or that the fuelpump is starting to give up.
The car is an MX-3 1,8 24V V6 -92
All help is much appreciated,
Best Regards
Daniel
Man was I ticked off because I was like 25 miles away from home and it was hot outside and I did not want to wait for a tow truck. So while silently begging, I got back in the car and I gave it one more try. She fires right up. I immediately closed the hood and I drove it home like a bat out of hell. Once I got off the highway she stopped on me a few more times but she was nice enough to take me home so I could fix her. 