Hello,
Looking for some help/advice. Tonight as I was out driving my engine randomly failed as I pulled out onto a roundabout.
At first I thought it was maybe just a normal stall, but the car wouldn't start back up when I depressed the clutch. I pulled out onto the roundabout while rolling at around 2mph in Second Gear, the car launched forward as normal then suddenly the engine died. The car rolled forward and as I thought it was a stall I pushed the clutch in and expected the car to come back to life - but it didn't.
Next thing the steering wheel seized up and became very difficult to turn. I managed to position myself on the inside of the roundabout and get the hazards on, then came to a full stop. I then restarted the car fully and it was a bit slow coming back to life. I was sat in the middle of the roundabout for about 5 seconds waiting on the engine to come back on, then as soon as it did everything was normal again??
I've never experienced anything like this before, like I said if it was a stall then why did it not restart when I depressed the clutch? And it didn't feel like a stall as the car didn't jerk forward, it simply just seemed to rev then die, and then for it to take so long to restart again and for the steering to seize? Is there something that could have caused this?
I'm hoping its just a one time glitch but thought I'd ask here in case it could be something more serious or if anyone has had a similar experience?
Thanks in advance.
Looking for some help/advice. Tonight as I was out driving my engine randomly failed as I pulled out onto a roundabout.
At first I thought it was maybe just a normal stall, but the car wouldn't start back up when I depressed the clutch. I pulled out onto the roundabout while rolling at around 2mph in Second Gear, the car launched forward as normal then suddenly the engine died. The car rolled forward and as I thought it was a stall I pushed the clutch in and expected the car to come back to life - but it didn't.
Next thing the steering wheel seized up and became very difficult to turn. I managed to position myself on the inside of the roundabout and get the hazards on, then came to a full stop. I then restarted the car fully and it was a bit slow coming back to life. I was sat in the middle of the roundabout for about 5 seconds waiting on the engine to come back on, then as soon as it did everything was normal again??
I've never experienced anything like this before, like I said if it was a stall then why did it not restart when I depressed the clutch? And it didn't feel like a stall as the car didn't jerk forward, it simply just seemed to rev then die, and then for it to take so long to restart again and for the steering to seize? Is there something that could have caused this?
I'm hoping its just a one time glitch but thought I'd ask here in case it could be something more serious or if anyone has had a similar experience?
Thanks in advance.