not sure

[86RedT-Top]

well I was down where I have the Saleen stored this weekend and I started the car and it died...no biggie..so I started it again and it ran fine......so while it was running i was gonna get out of it and look around the car.......well i go to get out of the car and it dies and i was like WTF...so i start the car again and go to get out...same thing the car died....again I was like WTF well I started the car a couple more time and it did the same thing everytime.............................So i guess the damn car has a safty switch like a damn riding mower

has anyone heard of anything like that being in a car before and is there a way that i can dis-able it?

[negusm]

When you go to get out, don't touch the steering column.

I'm guessing there's a chance your ignition switch is bad or some wiring in the steering column is in trouble....

But I suppose it could have a seat switch....that would be weird.

-Mike

[86RedT-Top]

I thought the same thing so i tried it with out touching the steering column....but it did the same thing

[fredzilla]

......it only dies when you get out of the car ??? :?

[negusm]

I thought the same thing so i tried it with out touching the steering column....but it did the same thing

Yeah, weird....start looking for some wires under the seat.

Did you have your seatbelt on when you got out?

Did you have the door closed when you got out?

-Mike

[86RedT-Top]

......it only dies when you get out of the car ??? :?

yea

[86RedT-Top]

I thought the same thing so i tried it with out touching the steering column....but it did the same thing

Yeah, weird....start looking for some wires under the seat.

Did you have your seatbelt on when you got out?

Did you have the door closed when you got out?

-Mike

no i didnt have the seat belt on

the door was open when i got out of the car

[black86capri50]

could the inertia swith be soooo screwy that with the weight shift it activates killing the car??????????

[negusm]

could the inertia swith be soooo screwy that with the weight shift it activates killing the car??????????

Good idea.

Is this an 86? Look under the seat and see if the fuel pump relay is not loose or broken or something. Maybe its acting up....

I wouldn't think its the inertia switch but there is that relay people yank out to disable their car.

-Mike

[anthonydalrymple]

Bwaaaahaahhahaahahahahahahah! (Laughing at the similar problem; not you).This very same thing happened to me about a year ago! I was taking Jeremy & Corey for a ride to see what they thought of the new motor. The car is cutting out a bit; so i pull into a parking lot to check it out. Jeremy gets out of the passenger seat & the car dies. He sits back in; the car starts & runs fine. Basically, the ground wire I hooked up underneath the seat bolt\mounting bracket (from the MSD6AL)was loose.... I relocated the ground that night....

[Matt82GT]

Christine.

She wants to be driven, not looked at.

[86RedT-Top]

could the inertia swith be soooo screwy that with the weight shift it activates killing the car??????????

Whats the intertia switch?

[86RedT-Top]

could the inertia swith be soooo screwy that with the weight shift it activates killing the car??????????

Good idea.

Is this an 86? Look under the seat and see if the fuel pump relay is not loose or broken or something. Maybe its acting up....

I wouldn't think its the inertia switch but there is that relay people yank out to disable their car.

-Mike

Yes its an early 86 Ill look at everything when I go back down and have more time to mess with it

[black86capri50]

sorry, i thought this thread was dead too, didn't know you responded, the inertia switch kills power to the fuel pump relay, it is the red/black wire, the signal goes from the blue fuseable link under the hood to the inertia switch, then to the relay, it is designed to stop the pump if you get in a wreck, mine was doing this type of crap, and i replaced the inertia switch (new junkyard part) and now it is fine