Yesterday I had the most bizarre thing happen to me. I was sitting at a light and all of the sudden the engine cuts off. No strange noises or anything, it just dies. I tried to start it right back up but no luck. Tried a few more times but had no luck. It was cranking up but not turning over. So as a last ditch effort I cranked it a final time but let it crank for a few seconds and sure enough, it turned over and started up. I had the Service Engine Soon, VDC OFF, and SLIP lights on. I drove it home and noticed that the acceleration was rather hesitant.
I made it home with no issues, but shortly after getting home, I left to meet a friend who has an ODBC scanner. And still had the same issue of having to let the engine crank a few seconds before finally starting. The scanner showed 2 codes both P0340 which according to Google seem to be related to the Cam Shaft Positioning Sensor. My friend cleared the codes and restarted the car a few times to see if he noticed anything unusual and didn't. While sitting there letting it idle it suddenly turned off just like it did to me. So I figured that was enough tinkering and would take it to the shop tomorrow. And sure enough, while driving the car died while I was driving, the exact same way it did the previous two times, except this time I was actually driving and not stopped.
Needless to say, it's in the shop as of this morning, but I didn't know if anyone else had run into such a bizarre problem.
I made it home with no issues, but shortly after getting home, I left to meet a friend who has an ODBC scanner. And still had the same issue of having to let the engine crank a few seconds before finally starting. The scanner showed 2 codes both P0340 which according to Google seem to be related to the Cam Shaft Positioning Sensor. My friend cleared the codes and restarted the car a few times to see if he noticed anything unusual and didn't. While sitting there letting it idle it suddenly turned off just like it did to me. So I figured that was enough tinkering and would take it to the shop tomorrow. And sure enough, while driving the car died while I was driving, the exact same way it did the previous two times, except this time I was actually driving and not stopped.
Needless to say, it's in the shop as of this morning, but I didn't know if anyone else had run into such a bizarre problem.