# 97 Sable dies at stoplights **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** mercury, sable\ **Created:** [June 16, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850 "2020-06-16T00:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vmlbsweber\_143747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@vmlbsweber\_143747](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vmlbsweber_143747)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/1 "2020-06-16T00:29:17Z")
I am a rural mail carrier. It dies after I put mail in the box. Things done to it include, new plugs and wires, new fuel pump, new maf sensor, new o2 sensor, catalytic convertor checked out OK, new gas cap. Today it started giving me problems right after filling with fuel. Replaced neutral switch. Smell sulfur sometimes. Seems like it is running rich. Any help appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/2 "2020-06-16T00:34:13Z")
No Check Engine light on? Tester ---
**Author:** ![vmlbsweber\_143747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@vmlbsweber\_143747](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vmlbsweber_143747)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/3 "2020-06-16T00:35:26Z")
light on. don’t know the code. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/4 "2020-06-16T00:36:15Z")
That’s where to start. Tester ---
**Author:** ![vmlbsweber\_143747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@vmlbsweber\_143747](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vmlbsweber_143747)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/5 "2020-06-16T00:37:43Z")
I forgot to ask my mechanic what it is coding out. He says that the code is not the problem. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/6 "2020-06-16T00:45:10Z")
Does this mechanic even think what the problem is . And the frozen Air conditioner in your other thread could cause the engine to stall ---
**Author:** ![vmlbsweber\_143747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@vmlbsweber\_143747](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vmlbsweber_143747)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/7 "2020-06-16T01:23:27Z")
Two different vehicles. It was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG day ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/8 "2020-06-16T01:52:00Z")
You need a better mechanic. The code tells the mechanic where to start looking. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/9 "2020-06-16T01:57:02Z")
1997 Mercury Sable dies at stoplights 🤔 > [@vmlbsweber\_143747](#): > > Things done to it include, new plugs and wires, new fuel pump, new maf sensor, new o2 sensor, catalytic convertor checked out OK, new gas cap. I don’t see the idle air control valve listed . . . That would have been one of my first suspects 😐 ---
**Author:** ![vmlbsweber\_143747](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@vmlbsweber\_143747](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vmlbsweber_143747)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-sable-dies-at-stoplights/165850/10 "2020-06-17T00:35:30Z")
Thanks, I think that is what my mechanic is replacing. Will see if that solves the problem