2003 Buick Lesabre Intermittent shut down when driving

Tiny
NITTANYPEA
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  • 2003 BUICK LESABRE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 85,000 MILES
The car starts and drives fine. It will then die, but start right back up. May go many miles before it does it again. It's like when you are driving down the road, something turns the key off and back on. It will restart in drive by itself, if you are going fast enough. If not, I pull off side of road and restart.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 AT 6:32 PM

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Tiny
MICKEY-D
  • MECHANIC
  • 304 POSTS
You could have a bad ignition switch, the electric switch on the lower part of the steering column.(This depends on if your key switch is on the steering column or not) If not, and it is dash mounted, the electrical part of the switch behind the dash could be bad. Either electrical switch can cause intermittent
contact, and shut the car down, and even restart it if contact comes back quickly.
Good luck. Mickey-d
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Monday, December 7th, 2009 AT 11:25 AM

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