no1parfive Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Have owned car for about 7 years with no problems. Several weeks ago, while driving, a mild stutter occurred and then recovered, about ten minutes later, it stuttered again and began to slow down, stuttering continued until I could go only about 10 mph, this continued for about 5 minutes and finally died. I sat on the side of the road trying to restart with no success, I then waited for about 10 minutes and then it restarted and came up to speed, I was able to drive ok for about 5 minutes and the cycle as stated above occurred again. This cycle occurred 2 of 3 more times until I arrived home. My initial thought was a fuel problem, so I changed the fuel filter and test drove it, but this did not solve the problem. I still believe it's a fuel problem but don't know where to go next, any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCParts Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 It sounds like the Hall Effect Sensor (aka distributor pick-up sensor) is bad. Typical for the 4cyl turbo models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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