Engine shuts off while driving at slow speed and stopped

Tiny
ROSHAN FERNANDO
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  • 2009 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
  • 3.8L
  • V6
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 107,000 MILES
My engine light and "ASC off" light turned on while driving. Later the engine started to shut off at slow speed and stopped in the traffic.

Then sometimes when I try to start the engine it does not want to start at first attempt.

Any idea what can this be?

Thanks
Sunday, January 7th, 2018 AT 9:52 PM

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Tiny
HARRY P
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Well the engine light came on, it meant that the computer had detected some sort of issue and stored a fault code, which would essentially tell us where to look. You can get the fault codes pulled at the local auto parts store if you can get there. If you cannot get there, you can buy an OBD2 scanner from the store. Or you can get one from Amazon. I would not suggest buying any of the wireless/Bluetooth ones, as they do not work right half of the time. Either way, get it scanned and get the code number(s) to us and we'll look it up and go from there.

Link to Amazon's OBD2 scanners - https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=OBD2+scanner
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Monday, January 8th, 2018 AT 3:07 AM
Tiny
HARRY P
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Attached is the location of the connector to hook the scanner up to.
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Monday, January 8th, 2018 AT 3:13 AM
Tiny
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Heyman,

I brought the car to local Mitsubishi dealer yesterday and they helped me to scan the faulty codes and they found there were three codes showing including oxygen sensor. I could not see the codes but they said it shows the issue.

After further discussing with them, they could figure out that cause for the problem was my car battery went drained a day before this happens and I change the battery. During the battery replacement the ECU data has been corrupted or erased. Once reset the ECU data it is all fine now. :)

Thanks for the guiding mate and keep it up.

Cheers
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Monday, January 8th, 2018 AT 8:51 PM
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Hey it is great to read that you have got it fixed already and that it was a simple fix. Please feel free to come back and ask questions any time.
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 AT 4:09 AM

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