Engine shut off by itself! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Astroboy · 04-20-2015, 01:07 AM

First, let me inform everyone that this happened two years ago. Apparently I can't remember if my car was modded at the time. Probably not, but if it was, it was only an injen intake.
Anyways, I remember that two years ago my car suddenly turned off by itself. It was an extremely hot dry Friday when it happened. I had just gotten off of work, and drove home which is basically a 30-40 minute drive due to traffic. I want to say it was in the high 90s considering that I do live in Texas. It was as I was pulling into my drive way that my car shut off by itself. I just turned it back on, drove my car 5ft into the driveway, and shut it off immediately. Has this ever happened to anyone?
I just figured I'd share it with the ft86 community

N1rve · 04-20-2015, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Astroboy

First, let me inform everyone that this happened two years ago. Apparently I can't remember if my car was modded at the time. Probably not, but if it was, it was only an injen intake.
Anyways, I remember that two years ago my car suddenly turned off by itself. It was an extremely hot dry Friday when it happened. I had just gotten off of work, and drove home which is basically a 30-40 minute drive due to traffic. I want to say it was in the high 90s considering that I do live in Texas. It was as I was pulling into my drive way that my car shut off by itself. I just turned it back on, drove my car 5ft into the driveway, and shut it off immediately. Has this ever happened to anyone?
I just figured I'd share it with the ft86 community

My experience was with my 2010 Corolla where I had to jump start it due to a bad battery. Drive it down the street and the car dies in the middle of the intersection. No power steering (or any steering in that case), lights, or boosted brakes. I assumed once you jump it and the car is running off the alternator, the battery strength wouldn't matter but I guess it does.

This just happened earlier this week.

Ultramaroon · 04-20-2015, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by N1rve

My experience was with my 2010 Corolla where I had to jump start it due to a bad battery. Drive it down the street and the car dies in the middle of the intersection. No power steering (or any steering in that case), lights, or boosted brakes. I assumed once you jump it and the car is running off the alternator, the battery strength wouldn't matter but I guess it does.

This just happened earlier this week.

It does run off of the alternator until the engine goes to low idle. When the alternator isn't spinning quickly enough to function, the system goes back to discharging the battery. If there's no charge on the battery, everything dies.

OP had some other issue. He could start it right back up so plenty of juice in the battery.

ajaxthebetter · 04-20-2015, 02:57 AM

Perhaps climbing hill if your driveway is sloped and the car rolled back a bit and killed engine as precaution?

Ultramaroon · 04-20-2015, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ajaxthebetter

Perhaps climbing hill if your driveway is sloped and the car rolled back a bit and killed engine as precaution?

Nope

Astroboy · 04-20-2015, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

It does run off of the alternator until the engine goes to low idle. When the alternator isn't spinning quickly enough to function, the system goes back to discharging the battery. If there's no charge on the battery, everything dies.

OP had some other issue. He could start it right back up so plenty of juice in the battery.

Actually, I can't quite remember wether or not I turned it back on. But the car definitely died on me. Maybe it was because these cars idle as low as 500rpm when stock

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mav1178 · 04-20-2015, 01:15 PM

Was the problem replicated? Could you reproduce the problem?

If not? Ignore it.

If so? It's a problem.

-alex

Astroboy · 04-20-2015, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mav1178

Was the problem replicated? Could you reproduce the problem?

If not? Ignore it.

If so? It's a problem.

-alex

I never tried to replicate the problem, nor did the problem ever reoccur. I basically did ignore it due to the fact that this problem happened two years ago and I'm barely sharing this. Just curious if this happened to anybody else. Just wondering if it's normal.

continuecrushing · 04-20-2015, 09:10 PM

what?

billwot · 04-20-2015, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Astroboy

I never tried to replicate the problem, nor did the problem ever reoccur. I basically did ignore it due to the fact that this problem happened two years ago and I'm barely sharing this. Just curious if this happened to anybody else. Just wondering if it's normal.

No, its not normal. And since it happened once, 2 years ago, I really don't think I would even give it another thought!

Tcoat · 04-20-2015, 09:36 PM

I hit a skunk about 2 years ago. It made a mess. Don't remember if I hit another one since. Just thought I would share.

gramicci101 · 04-20-2015, 09:39 PM

Two years ago I hit a little minivan with an up-armored Toyota Landcruiser. The bull bar actual tore through the side of the minivan into the passenger compartment. Fucker shouldn't have tried to cut across traffic on a muddy street.

Haven't done that since, though.

ajaxthebetter · 04-20-2015, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I hit a skunk about 2 years ago. It made a mess. Don't remember if I hit another one since. Just thought I would share.

Did it turn into an oil cooler? Would be a fortuitous turn of event .

Ultramaroon · 04-20-2015, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ajaxthebetter

Did it turn into an oil cooler? Would be a fortuitous turn of event .

lol

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