# Car shuts off

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shuts-off/36216>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** pontiac\
**Created:** [September 6, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shuts-off/36216 "2009-09-06T15:43:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![blueeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@blueeyes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blueeyes)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shuts-off/36216/1 "2009-09-06T15:43:48Z")

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IT is a 93 grand am when it gets hot it turns off when it cools off it turns back on

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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 6, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shuts-off/36216/2 "2009-09-06T23:35:57Z")

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Check to see if the ignition is working (spark getting to the plugs) when the troublkle happens. If you have no spark check to make sure power is getting to the ignition system.

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**Author:** ![blueeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@blueeyes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blueeyes)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shuts-off/36216/3 "2009-09-12T07:04:09Z")

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ok i will check that thank you

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**Author:** ![blueeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@blueeyes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blueeyes)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-shuts-off/36216/4 "2009-09-15T04:37:54Z")

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there is power to the ignition but once it starts after it gets hot it dies let it cool off and it will restart any clues