Pontiac Bonneville 2000 - Engine died while driving

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Spookygirl - 14 Aug 2006 23:41 GMT

I have a Pontiac Bonneville 2000 with 94,200 miles (Automatic transmission)
and just a month ago it started to have problems; I was driving and out of
sudden the engine died, so I pulled over and have to wait at least 1 minute
to get the engine start again (with the transmission on "Park"). I have sent
my car to the service dealership and they changed the fuel pump and filter; I
also have the sparks and wire plug changed, got the engine tuned-up. The
problem only ceased for a week, and started again. I made another complaint,
but they said they cannot find anything wrong when they ran the computer scan
on my car. Does anyone can help me figure out the exact problem?

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Shep - 15 Aug 2006 00:59 GMT

The only way to find this is to check the car for spark and/or injector
pulse at the time it happens, is this at idle, at speed, accelerating , how
long after starting, there are several possibilities here, but they would be
guess work without onsite diagnosis.

>I have a Pontiac Bonneville 2000 with 94,200 miles (Automatic transmission)
> and just a month ago it started to have problems; I was driving and out of
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> scan
> on my car. Does anyone can help me figure out the exact problem?

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Spookygirl - 17 Aug 2006 16:33 GMT

Thanks for your response. Yesterday when it happened again, I took it
straight to the shop and the mechanic ran the scanner; the scanner indicated
"Crank Sensor out of range", does the diagnostic correct? I will turn in my
car in the garage to have the crank sensor replace this weekend; however, I
want to make sure that is the real problem since I have spend more than $1000.
00 for the car and it will be another additional $300.00 to change the crank
sensor. What's your opinion? Thanks

>The only way to find this is to check the car for spark and/or injector
>pulse at the time it happens, is this at idle, at speed, accelerating , how
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>> scan
>> on my car. Does anyone can help me figure out the exact problem?

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ROY BRAGG - 21 Aug 2006 02:38 GMT

I had a similar problem with my 92 Lumina. However, mine started stalling
at stoplights on the way home from work. When I got it home, it would not
start at all the next morning, and I had to have it towed to the dealer for
a crank sensor replacement. I would go ahead and do it, mine failed three
years ago and the car is running fine now with 119k on it.
Roy

> Thanks for your response. Yesterday when it happened again, I took it
> straight to the shop and the mechanic ran the scanner; the scanner
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>>> scan
>>> on my car. Does anyone can help me figure out the exact problem?

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