2005 Chevy Cobalt engine died

2005 CHEVROLET COBALT
59,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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ROCKHEADV
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My 05' Chevy Cobalt died while driving. after pulling over the message on the dash was engine power reduced, disabled engine. It's like it was electrically disabled, but after sitting for a bit it started right back up and ran great. My OBDII code reader had an error trying to read the engine code so I don't yet have that. Hard to trust it now, any ideas? .....Thanks
Oct 29, 2008 at 6:44 PM
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DAVE H
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certain vehicles have an inbuilt safety feature to stop the engine when it detects a fault ? there could be numerous reasons for this to occur, untill you manage to read the DTC, i cannot add more sorry ..
Nov 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM
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