Over the past 6 months or so this has happened to me maybe 3 or 4 times. I'll be driving on the highway and all of a sudden the car will act as if it doesn't know what gear to be in. It feels like it briefly downshifts, then upshifts maybe 2-3 times and then finally the engine just shuts off and the oil and battery lights turn on, but no CEL. When this happens, the electronics (air, raido, lights) all work fine still and I can turn the car off and start it up just fine right away (once I even did this on a roll). Other than those few times, the car always works fine.
If it makes a difference, sometimes when I start the car it idles at ~1200rpm for about 20 seconds, the lights dim a little under hard accels when it passes ~5000rpm (my frined thinks the alterator might be going out) and sometimes when I floor it there is a faint metallic smell for a minute or two afterwards. Coincidence or not, I never noticed the metallic smell until after my Y pipe was optimized and the car never had any of these shutting off problems until after the svt exhaust was added. Other than that, everything is fine.
I drive to work on the expressway every day so I'm kind of nervious that it'll shut down in the middle of traffic. Anybody got any ideas?
Tan 98 Contour V6 ATX
-BAT intake, SVT exhaust, SVT suspension, Stazi brakes, superchip, opt TB, opt Y
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