# My car quits by itself once over 35 miles

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-quits-by-itself-once-over-35-miles/52127>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury, mystique\
**Created:** [July 19, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-quits-by-itself-once-over-35-miles/52127 "2010-07-19T19:01:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![smccharles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@smccharles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/smccharles)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-quits-by-itself-once-over-35-miles/52127/1 "2010-07-19T19:01:40Z")

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My car: Mercury Mystique 2000; Motor changed. Mileage: 86900  
  
  
  
 Once over 35 miles, it quits by itself.  
  
 The whole car body shakes right before it quits. Right before it quits, no matter how hard I press gas, speed will just go down. Yet, I can crank it after 1 or 2 minutes. But the car will stop in 20-25 minutes again. I went to local Ford Dealer for help. Paid over $70, they did not find anything wrong on their computer. Please help.