Citroen Saxo 1.1 East Coast Stalling/Engine Cut Out Problem

14th July 2011, 08:22

Hey,

I hope someone will be able to help me diagnose what is wrong with my car.

I have recently bought an old 1999 Citroen Saxo 1.1 East Coast for my first car and all was going fine until I noticed the car started to stall/engine cut out when coming to a stop.

The car runs fine and if I start the car up it idles fine, but sometimes when I am driving and I put the clutch down and the break to come to a stop, the engine cuts and the battery charge, engine oil pressure and coolant temperature lamps come on. I have also noticed that the engine autodiagnostic lamp turns on as well but then goes away.

It seems to occur more often if it is a hot day or the traffic is heavy (lots of stopping and starting).

I have also noticed that it seems to happen more often when parking, today it did it about 3 times when trying to park.

At first I thought it may be my driving style but I have got a couple of other people (that have been driving for years) to drive it about a bit, and the same thing happens.

I hope that someone will be able to give me some ideas of what is wrong.

Many thanks,

Daniel

14th July 2011, 15:18

stepper motor needs cleaning. mine was the same. i just took it off and sprayed it with wd40

15th July 2011, 08:07

Cheers, i'll give that a go

15th July 2011, 10:02

This happened to me with the same model. Since I changed the coil pack and the plugs it's been fine.

12th September 2011, 23:27

hey could it be my coil pack, cuz now n again my car is cutting out wen i go from the 1st gear into the second gear, i have had the spark plugs, fuel filter and clutch changed and it is still doin it would u say it is the coil pack.

it also wen it cuts out some times starts straight way ten other times it takes ages. somebody please help me