# Miata engine stops and starts

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/miata-engine-stops-and-starts/35747>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mazda, miata\
**Created:** [August 29, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/miata-engine-stops-and-starts/35747 "2009-08-29T13:57:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lweins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@lweins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lweins)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/miata-engine-stops-and-starts/35747/1 "2009-08-29T13:57:58Z")

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We have a 1990 Mazda with 130,000 miles on it. While driving the engine cuts on and off - losing all power, RPMs go to zero. Then it starts back up (usually) and continues. Sometimes it will do it just once. Sometimes it may happen 3 times in the course of 10 minutes.  
  
  
  
 Battery is 3 years old. I thought it might be the connections so had new leads placed on the cables, but that didn’t fix it. The dealer couldn’t re-create the problem so said they couldn’t fix it and sent me home with a car that still cuts on and off.  
  
  
  
 Any thoughts on what the issue is? Should I take it to a different shop? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![racersteve](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/racersteve/32/1110_2.png) [@racersteve](https://community.cartalk.com/u/racersteve)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/miata-engine-stops-and-starts/35747/2 "2009-09-01T21:51:48Z")

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You might find an answer here.

[http://forum.miata.net/vb/index.php](http://forum.miata.net/vb/index.php)?

If you are near Boston, take it here: [http://www.apexautoeng.com/Apex.html](http://www.apexautoeng.com/Apex.html)