broke down 5 times last nite on way home

[camarozrule]

basically i te check guages light came on then i lost power steering and couldnt accelerate... this happend 5 times... i had to pull over and restart the car... i was talkin to my dad about it and he said its b/c off the moisture and somethin to do with the alternator... the camaro is goin in on tue for inspec, oil, tires... wtf is up with the camaro i drove it today for an hour and everything was fine.... do u guyz kno whats up w.this thankz

[Big Tymer]

losing power steering and not accelerating just means your car turned off..... not that those certain things werent working. if that happens again while driving, doesnt matter if u have auto or manual. Put it in Neutral and start it back up again while ur going and it should work. If you find the problem be sure and post... sounds interesting

[93v6firebird]

this happened to me a couple times a couple years ago. I couldnt explain it, and it never happened again after a few days. First time it happened I drove through a huge puddle, but after that there was no indication of anything that might cause it.

[camarozrule]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 93v6firebird:
this happened to me a couple times a couple years ago. I couldnt explain it, and it never happened again after a few days. First time it happened I drove through a huge puddle, but after that there was no indication of anything that might cause it.<hr></blockquote>

it happend once b4 right b4 hurricane isabel struck i was drivin up the main road upto where i work and i hydroplaned and did a 720 ending up 2ft away from the guard rails...

[nikon]

was it wet out?....was your belt slipping???

[camarozrule]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by nikon:
was it wet out?....was your belt slipping???<hr></blockquote>

it was raining like a biatch.

[Wicked 3800 V6]

I threw a belt at the end of the 1/4 on my last pass ... check gauges light came on, voltmeter dropped immediately to red at 12V, and the water temp climbed FAST FAST FAST. Focker was over the midpoint (160 thermo and fan switch keep it barely reading normally) by the time I made the 1/4 return trip. Got back, coolant was coming out of the overflow ... twas hot!
Let it cool down, put the belt back on, drove home no prob. I'm gonna flush and fill before I drive again, but it survived the 1.5 hr trip home no prob. Who knows ... FWIW I run a summit overflow tank / catch can.
-Rob

[C.O.Jones]

I just ran into something very similar. Basically I was fine while driving for a while, but when I came to a stop the car would just die. No codes, no warning, just gone. After letting it sit for 30seconds - 2 minutes it would start right back up. One time it started and sounded very lumpy. Take off the camshaft sensor and have it checked, if it turns out good, then the issue could be the Crankshaft sensor. After a while it got to the point that the car would just die while driving down the road. When you take your car in, see if they can scan it with a Tech1 or equivalent tool.

This might explain it better:

http://www.mightyap.com/Data/TT64.pdf

Is this an Auto or Manual?

[ October 06, 2003: Message edited by: C.O.Jones ]</p>

[SuprSpdDB7]

never happened to me but i had a friend that the same thing happened to him...
it was because water got in the electrical stuff..
if this happens everytime it rains then get it checked out... but it never happened to him again, but it was raining really hard and he hit a puddle or something....

cars natural reaction to lots of water...
good luck

[camarozrule]

when i got my inspec,oil,a and NEW tires i told them to check to see if anythins wrong and they said it was a one time thing and the water got into the electrical they said if it happens again bring it back. thankz for the help guyz

[O2Bsogood]

My sisters 95 Firebird was that way. When it rained and we were driving it in town where it flooded it would stutter and lose power and about die. It only happened when it was wet.

[Swata]

You have to remember our plugs are pretty much on the underside of the engine and that only means trouble if you hit a large puddle. I would recomend that you get better wires and upgrade your coil. It doesn't take much for the crappy gm wires to fail.

[ October 11, 2003: Message edited by: Swata ]</p>

[ReodDai]

I drove through a creek onces... car tried to die about 6 times before I got through... then I learned.. hit creek going 50mph and its all good.

[camarozrule]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ReodDai:
I drove through a creek onces... car tried to die about 6 times before I got through... then I learned.. hit creek going 50mph and its all good.<hr></blockquote>

how deep was thi creek?