The car has 106k miles on it and runs good. I've mainted it well and everything. but last week, it just started something it's never done. It kinda stalls coasting down hill. To some of ya'll it may not seem like much, but I live in the mountans, so everything is either down hill or up hill. Oh, btw, it's an automatic (to be wife's car). Ok, now what I mean by kinda stalling is that it does'nt do it like any other car I've ever seen, where it will just kill off, rpms go to zero and it's dead. It coasts, holds whatever RPM your at (usiualy 2k), but when you start to give it some gas agian, it has NO power, like it's starved of fuel or something. soon as you give it any amount, it starts to sputer a little, rmps slowly drop to about idle and then the car shuts off coasting. It starts fine, runs fine, will idle all day long with no problem and accels fine. I did a tune up on it, replaced the fuel filter, did a fuel injection service on it, and cleaned the Idle control valve, none of which helped it one bit. Now, 2 things that may have something to do with it, I don't know. Just before it started doing this, the speedometer cable broke (replaced today probly) and she got gas at a place that has a history of bad gas.
To me, it does'nt sound like bad gas, becuase that's the only time it does it, every experiance I've had with a gas problem, it caused a rough idle and lots of other things. I'm out of ideas, please help me. I can't afford to go out and buy her a new car, but that's what it looks like. I've taken it to 2 shops and they can't find anything wrong with it. ya'll are my last link.
oh, no codes, but when you start it back after (and mabie when it does it), the "POWER" light flashes, no idea what that means...
thanks a million!