My daughter has a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire. The other day she called me because the car cut off. I went to check on it and it needed oil and the motor was ticking. The ticking stopped after adding oil and it drove home but on the way home it cut off when stopped at a red light. It started again and it made it home. Again it cut off in the driveway as she was parking. The resonator doesn’t have a filter on it. She went to get the oil changed and the guy told her to get a filter for the resonator that it why it keeps cutting off. Can that happen?
2003 Pontiac Sunfire cuts off when parking/slowing down
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That is an aftermarket part not the original factory set up. Unless you have a check engine light on that is not causing the car to stall.
Do you have a check engine light on?
How many miles since the car had a tuneup, plugs, filters, etc.?
Do you have a check engine light on?
How many miles since the car had a tuneup, plugs, filters, etc.?
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