I was driving down the street today and out of no where my car seem to turn off and back on again or I may had lost power and came back on about 3 times in a row. My radio went off and came back on along with all my dash lights as if I just started the car. The only other time I remember this happening is when I'm at an intersection making like a sharp left turn and step on it, my car begins to stutter and then my power goes out and comes back on. Does anyone know what's going on?

How old is youre battery? Could have a dead cell, Or needing replacing, Could have auto zone test it. Loose ground wire.

If your car wasnt shuddering, or jerking before it died and it just dies, like rich said check your battery cables, I've seen this tons of times caused by loose cables.




- 2004 Cavalier - 124k, owned since new

I check my cables and the battery everything seems fine. The battery is only 2 years old The only thing that I saw was a little bit of sparking on my AEM intake from the negative cable because the red cable was off. Along with this problem I find it hard to start my car sometimes too. Sometimes it wants to turn over but shuts down. I find myself at times giving it some gas to keep it on. I got a new fuel filter and clean my injectors but still have the same problems.

Anyone other suggestions?

Don't mean to flame you or anything, but never NEVER disconnect your positive cable from the battery before the negative, you are just ASKING for trouble. Now thats said, the sparking issues could have caused some sort of power surge into your PCM, its unlikely, but possible.

Oh I know about taken the negative off last I'm an electrician. Do you think this could be a computer thing?