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Electical problem After driving the car for about five min

Tiny
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After driving the car for about five minutes, the speedometer first goes out. Then I noticed the power steering and transmission stops working properly. Also, the engine seems sluggish. {In that order.}

Once the car sits for about an hour, the car seems to be back to normal again.
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Friday, February 13th, 2009 AT 5:52 PM

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Tiny
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You could have a vaccume leak or a ground issue.
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Friday, February 13th, 2009 AT 11:39 PM
Tiny
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This sounds like you could very possibly have four independent/unrelated concerns - you may want to prioritize? (And be a little more specific on which problem's most annoying/worrysome to you).
This age/mileage you will definately begin to notice "deterioration of multiple parts"- and may want to "put the blinders on" with some issues - unless you're ready to part with some money - and work on repairing others. Ground issue-maybe, but vacuum leak?
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009 AT 12:11 AM

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