# My Car Dies and Resurrects!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-and-resurrects/38219>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** stalls, alero, oldsmobile\
**Created:** [October 17, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-and-resurrects/38219 "2009-10-17T14:29:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![steph275](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@steph275](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steph275)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-and-resurrects/38219/1 "2009-10-17T14:29:37Z")

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My 2001 Alero has just taken up the bad habit of just dying while driving, and within minutes you can start her up again, no problems. The battery & alternator are checked and fine. Appears electrical because clock resets each time this happens.

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**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:** [October 17, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-and-resurrects/38219/2 "2009-10-17T15:32:41Z")

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If the clock resets itself when the engine stalls it indicates a loss of battery voltage which will cause the engine to stall.

You might want to check this out [http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2130694.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2130694.page) as it applies to your vehicle also.

Tester

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**Author:** ![steph275](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@steph275](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steph275)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-and-resurrects/38219/3 "2009-10-17T18:25:23Z")

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Thanks! I will have this checked out.