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Car stalling? Help?!

Old Sep 15, 2001 | 09:46 PM
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Car stalling? Help?!

Hey

The other night me and my friends were driving around and my car decided to stall. Funny thing is i have an automatic. I didnt think this was possible. I do have a kill switch but i did not think if they hit it on accident, that it would turn my car off cause it was halfway on. its a 3 toggle switch: On/?/off.

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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 11:21 PM
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M3,

Sorry, but stalling has little to do with what kind of transmission you have. In fact, automatics actually probably stall more than manuals, simply because there are more of them on the roads.

And I have a kill switch, too. It's called an ignition key. I would suspect an add-on kill switch as a prime candidate as the source of your problem, especially if you're not sure how it is wired -

"On/?/off"?

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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 11:37 PM
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Its a 3-way toggle switch, it goes On/dunno what the 2nd is/and off
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Old Sep 16, 2001 | 12:14 AM
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Typically, a SP3T or DP3T toggle switch is matrixed as "On-Off-On". It isn't common to find one that is "On-On-Off".

Check the wiring of the switch.

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