Sudden Shutdown of car

JOHN S

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Can anyone tell me if they have had this problem: I have a 98 Acura Integra GS-R with 124,000 miles. I have kept up the maintenance on it, and have not had any issues. The other day, I was driving on the freeway about 70-80mph, and all of a sudden the car just shut off. The tach and speedometer needles just went down, the car turned off, but the radio was still working. I was able to coast to a safe stop thankfully. NONE of the dash lights turned on at all. When I was pulled over, I tried to start the car, and it turned over normally, but would not ignite. I waited a couple of minutes after three unsuccessful tries, and then the car started. Got the battery and alternator checked, and those checked out fine. It hasn't happened since (thankfully). A week before this happened, I had the spark plugs changed. I've been told it's possibly: fuel relay, distributor, ignition coil. Can anyone help? Thanks.

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DTMFZR

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At first it sounded like distributor/ignitor cuz ur engine shut off (could easily happen if a coil was cracked) BUT ur dash lights would NOT be affected if it was distributor/ignitor. My guess is the main relay (also called fuel relay) it is very common that when these things go out, they work intermittently. Also check actual ignition assembly, sometimes the swtich goes bad. (I would not lean towards this, since ur car came back on shortly after)