Why is my 2007 Holden Barina dropping dead while driving?
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Asked by Nicole
Why does my 2007 Holden Barina drop dead while driving it? Nothing happens when trying to turn it over again. If I wait a minute or two it then starts. One time when I restarted it, it immediately revved up to 5000rpm and shook badly. I had to get it towed. My mechanic can't find any fault. Sometimes it flutters or skips beat when stationary.
Answered by CarsGuide
13 Jan 2025The thing with problems like these is that you could be looking at a single fault or a group of problems that are each giving you a different symptom. Something could be getting hot in the engine management system that is causing the vehicle to shut down, and a good place to start looking would be the crank-angle sensor. When these get hot, they stop sending a critical signal to the engine’s computer and it just shuts down. After a short cool-down period, the sensor can often come back to life and away you go again.
Meantime, a stuttering idle and inconsistent engine speed on start-up would make a lot of mechanics check out the stepper motor which is part of the throttle mechanism and is responsible for setting the idle speed and allowing the engine to start.
Has your mechanic scanned the car or simply done a few basic checks? An electronic scan should be your next step if it hasn’t already been done.
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