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1997 pathfinder stalls while driving down the road


Shaunna
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I just bought a 1997 pathfinder in phoenix az. I was wondering if you think this sounds like vapor lock. Drove about 130 miles no problems except for the wobble, scary but found out that it the rear upper and lower control arms, those are ordered, but after about 130 miles it just stalled while going down the road, put into neutral and was able to start again, did this twice, then wouldnt start at all. Sat on the side of the road for about 1 hour and then it started drove another 20 or so miles and it stalled. This time wouldnt start. I left on the side of the road and went home.Came back the next day, it started right up drove about 5 miles it stalled and wouldnt start again. We towed it into parker, and checked out the fuses and just tried to trouble shoot stuff and nothing, so we were getting ready to pull home decided to try one more time, it started, made it 40 miles and stalled, pulled it home the rest of the way, next day it wouldnt start, went out the following day and it started. I has since sat in my driveway and I am trying to find out what it might be, I dont have a lot of money to just go out and buy parts to see if that fixes the problem. Hooked and obd11 and got codes p0325,p0180,p0120,p0443,p1705,p1447,p0171,p0443,p0120p,p0180p,p0325p. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you

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Fuel injection doesn't typically get vapor lock, but I think you're on the right track looking for a fuel issue. Most of those codes make sense with fuel starvation. A friend of mine's Alfa had the same symptoms when the wiring for the fuel pump was flaky. A bad connection somewhere was breaking the circuit, likely as it warmed up, and it would just crap out as it was driving down the road. We finally figured it out by checking for power at the pump when it had stalled out. I would remove the access panel under the rear carpet and check the wiring for the pump, including where the wires go into the tank, I've heard of a few people having corrosion issues there. If it all looks good, run it around the block until it craps out again, then check for power at the pump while someone else tries to start it. You may also be able to hear/feel if the pump is running.

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