Avery'sMama
CPST Instructor
We won't have any input until Monday from the shop. So... I was driving home yesterday, van full of groceries and children, when the van (2004 Windstar with 72K miles) stopped accelerating, then stopped breaking, then shuddered to a stop and died. It would re-start but with the check engine, check oil and check battery lights on. And it sounded pretty rough. I didn't try to put it back into gear and we got it towed. Luckily, I was on the on ramp, and was able to just pull over and coast on the shoulder until it died. I was just starting to accelerate on the ramp when this happened. I had had my oil changed about 2 hours previous to this. FWIW, the oil change people said everything looked good but my coolant needed to be changed and flushed. My husband said the oil was still full and everything appeared OK to him, in the rain and the dark, under the hood. We have done routine oil changes and flushed the transmission system last year. We bought it used about 2 years ago, it was off a lease, and we have had absolutely no problems, until it shuddered and died on the highway!! Anyone know enough about car repair to hazard a guess??? Or at least a list of possible causes??