# My car "dies" in traffic **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** jaguar\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-in-traffic/48758 "2010-05-12T19:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GailFabrizio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GailFabrizio](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GailFabrizio)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-in-traffic/48758/1 "2010-05-12T19:17:28Z")
The first time this happened, I was driving in a residential area, about 35 mph. After I stopped at a red light, the car was “dead”. Luckily, my husband was behind me because I couldn’t start the car immediately. He was able to start it after pumping the accelerator. At my scheduled service at the dealer, they could not diagnose the problem. About 2 weeks later, the same thing happened. This time, I was able to re-start the car. I went straight back to the dealer and they kept it for 5 days and they weren’t able to reproduce the problem, nor were they again able to diagnose it. Now, it has happened at least 3 more times and I’m lucky that I haven’t been rear-ended. Any thoughts? P.S. This is a 2007 SR Jaguar with only about 13,000miles. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-dies-in-traffic/48758/2 "2010-05-13T02:07:29Z")
The fuel pump relay may have a intermittent problem. To see if this is a fuel delivery issue you could carry some starter fluid with you and then spray a small amout into the intake when the trouble happens again. If the engine starts right up then there is most likely a problem with the fuel system. If not, I would check the ignition system next and see if that is working.