# 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera shuts down while driving

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-oldsmobile-cutlass-ciera-shuts-down-while-driving/147371>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cutlass-ciera, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [August 24, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-oldsmobile-cutlass-ciera-shuts-down-while-driving/147371 "2019-08-24T15:16:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Justin58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@Justin58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Justin58)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-oldsmobile-cutlass-ciera-shuts-down-while-driving/147371/1 "2019-08-24T15:16:00Z")

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Car will start and run fine in idle. Can drive it around a little but spontaneously shuts completely down while driving. Can instantly restart but under a load shuts down again.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-oldsmobile-cutlass-ciera-shuts-down-while-driving/147371/2 "2019-08-24T16:52:57Z")

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How about a little more info? Is the check engine light on? What engine does it have? How many miles on it?