ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON CRUISE CONTROL. INSTANT ENGINE STALL. FUEL GAUGE READS 3/8 FULL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SPAN OF 5 HOURS. FIRST STALL - TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IN BOWLING GREEN KY. THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP AT THE DEALERSHIP. NO ENGINE FAULT CODES WERE AVAILABLE. DEALERSHIP BLAMED IT ON BAD GAS. SECOND STALL - SAME CONDITIONS NEAR MEMPHIS TN. AAA ADDED ONE GALLON OF FUEL, THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP. WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE TRIP AS LONG AS WE KEPT THE FUEL ABOVE 1/2 TANK FULL. BOTH INCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC, FORTUNATELY WE COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. *TR
2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING 65 MPG CAR JUST SHUT DOWN IN TRAFFIC, BARELY GOT IT OFF LINE OF TRAFFIC, COULD NOT GET IT STARTED, CALLED TOW TRUCK, WAS A HOT DAY, AND A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER TOW TRUCK CAME AND TOWED US TO NEAREST JEEP DEALER, AFTER TAKING IT OFF THE TOW TRUCK AT THE DEALER, IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED. THE PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND DID NOT KNOW HOW TO PROCEED, THEY WERE CONCERNED BUT UNABLE TO HELP. WE THEN FINISHED OUR TRIP AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO OUR LOCAL DEALER, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING EITHER. DO NOT LIKE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS CAN OR WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, NEXT TIME IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR