Hello, The car’s engine just stopped while driving on highway, then would not turn over, nothing. Took for repair, said battery had bad cell or something, still under warranty, replaced. Fixed a few other things that were overdue, spark plugs, wires. Okay. Next day, took the car on a few city dr…

There are too many possibilities for us to guess from here. It sounds like something is being affected by heat in the engine compartment. My guess is that you have a failing coil or igniter. If my memory is correct, both are part of the distributor on this car (the coil is under the distributor cap)…

The shop has spoken. When they looked at the new battery they had just put in the day before the 2nd incident, it had only 5 volts, but all the cells were evenly charged, so the alternator must be okay, but the battery another dud…and they cleaned up the battery connections which were not really up …

I would vote a yes. They’ve corrected the error, and they think it’s OK. I would say it’s not their fault the battery was bad (since they don’t make them). Presumably this was free, so go for it. Keep an eye on things, of course, but yes. There are only so many tests they can do, and they fixed the …

Thanks. No, I don’t blame them for a bad battery. Just odd I would get two bad batteries in a row (the first one that died had just been replaced about a year ago). Interstate. The AC was running both times the car died. So we will see. There was a sound, but everything happened to quickly I can re…

I’m dubious about the two bad batteries in a row. Batteries aren’t rockets and Interstate builds a solid battery. I read a lot about the lack of reoccurence of the problem on this site and in the past have heard it from a mechanic concerning a fuel pump issue that I ended up diagnosing correctly. …

I would agree with that…troubleshooting is an art. I’ve been doing it for years in the IT sense, and mostly second hand in the car sense. Not many people go through the trouble now…they just plug in, believe the computer, and Bang…you’re paying $1000’s for a part that hasn’t failed. It’s unfortunate…

Thanks for the ideas. I just found out from my husband, who picked up the car, that the mechanic wants us to call him if it happens again–to call him instead of the towing company–so he can see the car right after it happens. The last two times we got the car towed to the shop (after regular hours e…

Sounds to me like you’ve found a mechanic who cares. Keep the number - and your cell - handy. He’d be one of those I’d call quickly. Coils aren’t expensive (~$40), or that hard to replace nor test. He will need to see it as soon as possible. We owned a 1993 Corolla that would do a similar trick…fa…

Thanks for sharing your story Chase. I definitely freaked out the second time it happened. I will ask about the coil/ignitor assembly and see if he will look at it before it dies again. Mine is a bit different in that it won’t start after a few minutes. Not even after an hour! The time it took the t…

1995 Toyota Corolla DX Dies on Highway, again

Maintenance/Repairs

kizwiki May 13, 2011, 11:22pm 7

Good. Good place to start. I’m still spoiled from the old format.

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