# 2001 Aurora 3.6 V6, Starts easily...but rapidly stalls

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-aurora-3-6-v6-starts-easily-but-rapidly-stalls/24460>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 6, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-aurora-3-6-v6-starts-easily-but-rapidly-stalls/24460 "2009-01-06T03:20:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![thmpfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@thmpfl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thmpfl)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-aurora-3-6-v6-starts-easily-but-rapidly-stalls/24460/1 "2009-01-06T03:20:27Z")

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Original owner, 130K mi. Just started having this intermittent problem… Starts at first crank, but then a few seconds later, will stall. To keep running, I have to keep the accelerator slightly depresssed, and then a foot on brake and gas to put in gear. Other times it starts and runs fine with no other driveability issues. Any suggestions.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-aurora-3-6-v6-starts-easily-but-rapidly-stalls/24460/2 "2009-01-06T03:37:38Z")

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The first thing to do is to have a fuel pressure test done. The Auroras had a history of faulty fuel pressure regulators. Other likely causes could be a fuel pump going south. Sounds like a fuel issue though so need to check to see if pressure is in spec while it is causing the problem.