Car cut out when slowing down - twice!

kevin65 · 2012-11-14 20:32:35

On the way home this evening the car almost cut out when slowing down, the rev counter was going towards 0 and the idiot lights came on, but was OK when I accelerated. In Galway, I had to come to a halt on approaching a roundabout and the car just died and all the dash lights came on. It did this at another roundabout but…

14-11-2012 09:32PM

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kevin65

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On the way home this evening the car almost cut out when slowing down, the rev counter was going towards 0 and the idiot lights came on, but was OK when I accelerated. In Galway, I had to come to a halt on approaching a roundabout and the car just died and all the dash lights came on. It did this at another roundabout but thankfully started up no problem and was fine after that. Could this be some sort of sensor issue? I'm dropping it into the garage tomorrow anyway to get it checked out. First issue in 4 years of trouble free motoring on this car.

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#2 15-11-2012 11:22AM

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Am..... what car would be helpful! But sounds like a problem I had on my petrol Laguna a few years ago and it turned out to be faulty coil packs.

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