So i left my cousins wedding last night got on it on second hit third and the car was ded... dead coast to the side of the road try to start it again and again and again nothing. so i pop the hood like i could do something about it. realize im an idiot for even trying close the hood try to start it again and it started. it had a cel but seemed okay. drove back to the hotel got really drunk or continued my drunkenness woke up in the morning started the car no cel and it runs and drives fine again. what the F$#^ !

any ideas ???????????
thanks
john

 

Happened to me, and a lot of other people. Just another random cobalt thing.

 

Probably just a alcohol induced hallucination

 

Did it stall?

 

yeah the car stalled and wouldn't start. after like ten min it finally fired

 

This has been hapening a lot lately. WTF is going on. It hasn't happened to me yet but I guess it's bound to happen hah? I guess it's something that happens once and goes away.

BTW, BADZSS06 where are you in CT?

 

well it should stop cause it wicked sucked. how the hell are you going to buy a 2006 car and have it not be reliable, that you have to worry about being left on the side of the road.

i live in east windsor its up near enfield and manchester. most people don't know about EW or could give a ****

 

I hear you bro. I think this car dieing crap is BS! Not cool at all!
East Windsor is nice. I'm over near Glastonbury.

 

I believe the people having this happen are experiencing the crakshaft posisition sensor failing...again, I'm seeing this happen to too many people in such a short period of time, and it's not like you can blame this part failing on someone who can't drive a stick. People having this problem need to be letting GM know!

 

Had it happen to me several times. I hated it. I would just be driving along normally and would try to accelerate and would look down at my tach and it'd be laying @ 0rpms. I would have to pull over and sit about 10 minutes until she started up again. It happened to me first at the track, then 3 other times, twice on the highway. I absolutely HATED it. Dealer said there was nothing wrong, there was no cel, nothing.

 

Yeah thats a weak ass thing, it happened to me but I pulled off to the side before it shut off, it had NO response and it fired up 10 min. later and it was all fine. Who knows only happened twice it'll never happen again though.

 

**** Tofu, that sucks if thats the main reason you got rid of the SS. Thats def. the crank position sensor.

I recently had the same exact thing happen, RPMs drop to 0, car runs like ****. Except I did throw code 335 for crank sensor malfunction.

I've been fine ever since. If it happens again I'll be getting a new sensor. If anyone does get a new sensor, you'll have to go in for a CASE learn.

Sucks, but at least we know the source of problem.