Stagea Problems

[huddy]

ok had my stagea for around 2 months. been awesome.

had an alarm fitted a few weeks in, all good, and just enjoying the car as it is.

But in the last couple of days i've been having problems.

Firstly - driving along in a carpark slowly, braking to go over a speed hump, when to accelerate again and noticed there was nothing - then noticed steering was heavy and dash lights were on. Car turned off!

So i managed to pull it over, put it in park and start up again - fine.

Kept driving all day with no dramas.

Next day - my missus took the car, got to the end of the street, started to pull out, and again the car cut out - she managed to pull over on the wrong side of the road with the hazards on before restarting.

She thought to herself, ok - maybe just a once off, so kept driving a little more up the road - and it happened again!

Yesterday - i went out and came home numerous times with no problems whatsoever, so wtf?

Today - driving around and noticed with slight acceleration when i was going around a round-a-bout the car jolted as if i did a bunny hop in a manual. (no change of acceleration peddle). I didnt see dash lights come on - and kept driving.

I cant seem to pin it down to cold / warm / hot temps.

I had the dvd/cd off

and A/C off to try and pin it down to something like that.

We drove the car from melb - adelaide which is 800km's and had no dramas at all in the last 2 months until a couple of days ago.

I'm thinking it may be a broken wire / bad connection on the alarm/immobiliser somewhere??? and it is cutting all power to the car.

It seems to be very inconsistent, so i cant even try to locate if a certain area, my guess is the alarm???

ANY HELP????

thanks

-Matt

[Adriano]

Just fixed a similar problem in a stagea, cleaned air flow meter with carby cleaner, fitted new spark plugs(BKR6EK i think)and fitted a new oxygen sensor, no stalling and car gets heaps better fuel economy.( oxy sensor $90 from auto one (P/N NTK OZA395-E2))

[Thunderbolt]

It is quite possible that it could be your alarm.

Otherwise check your ECU connection. If the plug is not in firm, it could be causing the ECU to cut out.

[huddy]

crazy - thanks for all the replys

it did it again to me yesterday :S

i have got in contact with the alarm installer - he said it sounds like a sort of cut aswell - so wednesday the alarm is going to be disconnected to try and pinpoint it to that.

the car has a brand new battery in it, and the terminals all look nice and new aswell - but i will disconnect and clean all connection areas.

i'm pretty sure the car doesnt lose all power - as the first time it happened i didnt even know the car was off (coz its so quiet inside, and i think i had the radio on)

I'm not running a pod, still the stock air box. It has a new clean panel filter in there.

I will check the vacuum lines again - i did have a quick look but couldnt find anything.

if it is the immobiliser, i'm not sure if the siren would sound... it literally may not be on for that long? it is very much like it is stalling, but without the drop in rpm (ie it will stall out with acceleration sometimes)

I am pretty sure that the fuel pump would've been changed not too long ago with compliance, also the fuel in the tank isnt very old at all - a week tops of premium.

It has not stalled at idle.

I will re-check all electrical connections and connectors are all together properly.

thankyou again