1998 Fiat Punto Frequent Jolting And Screeching

BLONDEGIRL95

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1998 FIAT PUNTO
1.2L
AUTOMATIC
91 MILES

I've only had my car for 3 months and in the last month it's considerably become more and more un enjoyable to drive. It's not running well anymore, it is frequently jolting when I come off my accelerator pedal and break pedal and it screeches too. It also screeches when I first start the car and sometimes when I'm just rolling or driving. The car has cut out on a roundabout and I had no response from my accelerator pedal and the car had died but engine was still running. Another time my accelerator pedal cut out and I had no response luckily I could roll down a hill I was near and then when I tried to stop my brake pedal locked up so I had to use all my strength in both feet to push the brake pedal down so I could brake. And it jolted so much when I was going straight over on a roundabout I nearly had a car up my bum.

Please help me as I don't know what it is but it has nearly had me killed 3 times!

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MHPAUTOS

MECHANIC
31,938 POSTS

You need to get some basic checks done first, scan for any unresolved fault codes, do a service and tune if this has not been done in the last 5,000Kms, as for the brakes, get them checked for low pads and glazed rotors, they may just need machining to get rid of the noise, the hard brake pedal will be due to the engine stalling and no vacuum to the booster, so this will be a tune problem as well.