Mysterious ML stalling??
01-23-2003, 12:24 AM
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1997 Toyota Tacoma 4x4
Mysterious ML stalling??
I've seen this several times:
You're driving down the road in your ML, turning a corner perhaps, and suddenly your car stalls? What happened? It starts right back up, but why did it stall? The first thing to check are your keys hanging from the ignition. Too many keys on your keychain act as a lever on the ignition key. With enough force, especially around corners, the weight of the keys will turn the ignition key just enough to shut the engine off. To resolve this, either remove some weight from the keychain, or simply insert the ignition key the other way, so the key does not fold under the weight.
You're driving down the road in your ML, turning a corner perhaps, and suddenly your car stalls? What happened? It starts right back up, but why did it stall? The first thing to check are your keys hanging from the ignition. Too many keys on your keychain act as a lever on the ignition key. With enough force, especially around corners, the weight of the keys will turn the ignition key just enough to shut the engine off. To resolve this, either remove some weight from the keychain, or simply insert the ignition key the other way, so the key does not fold under the weight.
