# Car stalls only when gas tank is half full

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** prelude, stalling, honda\
**Created:** [November 18, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716 "2010-11-18T20:11:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Jared\_Michaels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Jared\_Michaels](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jared_Michaels)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716/23 "2018-09-17T21:35:09Z")

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ignore my earlier replies; I erred; my car was experiencing a dying fuel pump; after I changed it out, all problems stopped ;

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716/24 "2018-09-18T01:04:19Z")

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Thanks for the feedback about the fuel pump being the actual problem @Jared_Michaels … glad you are back on the road with a reliably running M Benz.

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**Author:** ![Arif-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Arif-2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Arif-2)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716/25 "2020-09-18T12:11:42Z")

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brother, i had the same problem in my nissan tiida 2009 japan model.The float guage was not working properly and if the fuel tank became half the vehicle will start to stall.once i put full fuel every thing ok.so please share the experience to do

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**Author:** ![Cadenluke1\_182679](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Cadenluke1\_182679](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cadenluke1_182679)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716/26 "2022-10-17T04:41:17Z")

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I’m having the problem, where when the gas gets to 1/2 it starts to stall after taking sharp turns, and as the gas goes down it becomes more frequent, even from not so sharp turns.

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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:** [October 17, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716/27 "2022-10-17T05:15:57Z")

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Back to suspecting a weak fuel pump, sock filter, or gas filter. Do a fuel pressure test on it and carry a big hammer or 2x4 to bang on the tank if it stalls. Don’t buy cheap parts.

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**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls-only-when-gas-tank-is-half-full/57716/28 "2022-10-17T16:14:18Z")

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I was thinking a 1988 is a fairly old vehicle to be on the road today. Then I saw the date of the post. That’s like a 2000 today.

I suspect the problem that Cadenluke1\_182679 has involves an in take fuel pump that is coming apart on the pick up or suction side.

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