# 940 Volvo looses power and then stalls

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/940-volvo-looses-power-and-then-stalls/4258>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 7, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/940-volvo-looses-power-and-then-stalls/4258 "2007-09-07T00:01:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Marcia\_White](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Marcia\_White](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marcia_White)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/940-volvo-looses-power-and-then-stalls/4258/1 "2007-09-07T00:01:15Z")

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My 940 has a problem that my mechanic cannot identify. I can be driving (usually at lower speeds) and the gas pedal just seems to feed nothing to the enjine. Eventually all lights come and the car enjine is dead. After a minute or two it will start, usually though, not on the first try.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/940-volvo-looses-power-and-then-stalls/4258/2 "2007-09-07T04:08:50Z")

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Try another mechanic that can diagnose these types of problems. You are getting nowhere at high speed.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/940-volvo-looses-power-and-then-stalls/4258/3 "2007-09-07T06:01:42Z")

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My first guess would be to look at the fuel system as the source of the trouble. Maybe something like a faulty fuel pump relay is cutting the power to the pump.