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> defective switch, which can slip out of the run position and cut power to safety systems including air bags, power steering and power brakes Had a similar pr
by gorhill 11y ago
> defective switch, which can slip out of the run position and cut power to safety systems including air bags, power steering and power brakes
Had a similar problem with my Kia Sorento 2011.
The engine would randomly completely stops. When this happened on the highway, at around 90 km/hr, this would cause a huge kick in the automatic transmission as it fell into first gear, surprisingly it survived (try reaching 90 km/hr in first gear..)
Needless to say this could have caused an accident. It was definitely an ignition switch issue, as during that time I also had problem with the car not wanting to start when pressing the button, on a random basis.
Eventually they changed a relay they said and this fixed the issue for good. I realized later that I should have reported the issue to some authority, I feel bad about not having done so now.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoEngine stopping at speed/failing to start could also be a faulty crankshaft position sensor. I've heard of that a few times on e.g. Chevy bigblocks. The automatic transmission on the Chevys just slip into neutral though, so you don't get the kick. I imagine you take half a year out of the stall speed converter lifetime every time that kick happens. But the big difference is that your failure was very noticable, so you wouldn't be surprised you lost power steering and ABS.