Why is my car dying while driving

Why is my car dying while driving

Please help!!! My 98 nissan maxima is just dying all of a sudden while I am driving. THere is no warning and I have replace the alternator and mechanic can't seem to find the issue as it is not happening on test drive. It will start straight away but then sometimes die again as soon as I put it back into drive or reverse. All the accessory lights come on when the car dies.

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bert [Entry]

"Is it by chance dying like you had turned the key off? All lights on dash stay on?

I ask this because I use to run into this from time to time and the culprit was the"" ignition control module"".

Some were inside the distributor cap, they would get hot and disconnect internally. Once they cool off then it would start right up.

I used to be a Nissan tech years ago and I'm not as familiar with the newer models. But I would have it looked at and possibly replaced as it's hard to replicate."

bert [Entry]

Check your cam shaft mines was loose and use to do the same thing on a 1999 maxima or the crank sensors

bert [Entry]

It’s your coolent sensor changed mine now it never died ever since

bert [Entry]

I had the same problem The dealership charged 350 to tell me they didn’t know what it was finally I figured it out. As the Green pink Green pink purple plugs unplug them clean them and you fix-your problem