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kstinfo t1_jafugb7 wrote

AMC Pacers did that. There was never a recall and they never told anyone it happened. It was an intermittent problem and it would restart right away without having to pull over and stop.

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kalpol t1_jahjv5l wrote

A lot of cars from the 80s and 90s did it. The solder formulae used less lead after about the mid-80s, the solder joints would crack, and when the engine computers got old they would intermittently cause stalls. Or ignition switches get worn, that's been happening forever to all kinds of cars from all makes. Or any number of other reasons. I can count five or six off the top of my head that I've owned that had a random stalling on the highway problem when they were old. My old Jeep blew the muffler off once when it stalled and then dumped a bunch of gas into the exhaust - when it restarted there was an earth-shattering kaboom that exploded the muffler.

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_jahmfg7 wrote

OMG..AMC Pacer. Fugliest car. I mean, I had teen friend that wanted one so bad, because she said, Its sounds like a cool car name. Then she got a Pontiac Starfire. It was a cool name. In yellow. She got pregnant right outta highschool. Then she looked like that Pacer.

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kstinfo t1_jaiym4m wrote

I liked my Pacer but a friend said it looked like a Puerto Rican hearse.

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