Car died while driving

[boostedB]

So a few weeks ago I'm cruising down bailey ave and all of a sudden my tach drops to 0 and my car starts slowing down like I ran out of gas even though I have half a tank.
The engine then shuts off and I loose my power steering.
I get out checked for any leaks and everything looks fine.

To make a long story short my mechanic said he thinks its the ignition coil and control module. After getting him the parts he now says that only 2 cylinders are firing now instead of one. He mentioned that he found a CAS sensor at a pick and pull and that might fix it.

My previous problem with this car was a shorted alternator so I'm thinking this might have caused a lot of other electronics to slowly die. What else should he be looking at?

The mechanic I use is John's Automotive on Curtner ave near hwy 17.

 

[BUCK]

Uhhhhh...... Check your Timing Marks & ECU & keep your AAA paid up.

 

[hopwoodp]

I have had something similar happen to my car with its original setup. I would be driving and I would go to turn and all the lights on the dash would flicker and then the car would shut off.

Something happened at the end of a long road trip and that happened for what seemed no reason. I later found out my alternator started crapping out and it eventually died.

After I changed out my alternator, that never happened again.

 

[ryanallan]

Yes I also had similar symptoms before my alternator stopped working.

When you turn they key do all the dash lights come on, and can you crank the engine over ?

 

[bighroder]

it almost sounds like the ecu fried, i had a simaliar thing happen with my buick. I had to replace the ecu.

 

[hopwoodp]

My lights come on like when you start up your car. It almost seems like some kind of power surge. My ecu didn't have any problems that I knew of. Several months after I got Dsmlink installed and everything worked fine.

But, I am not sure if this is the same case for boostedB. It sounds like it though.

 

[boostedB]

hey guys thanks for the responses it turned out to be the CAS, Ignition coil and module. I just got back from picking it up.