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Would a loose battery ground terminal cause stalling?

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    Would a loose battery ground terminal cause stalling?

    So I've been having this problem for several weeks where every once in a while, the engine will just quit. Every time up until today, after turning the car off, I would be able to restart and go on my way. Today, the same thing happened to me several times in a short period of time and on the last occurrence, I could not get the engine to restart. I got a friend to help me get it home where I found that my ground cable was loose (I was able to turn it easily on the post). I got the ground tight and the engine started but the thing is, I can't be sure that it wouldn't have started anyway since it had always been intermittent anyway. Btw, whenever this happens, my MIL comes on and gives me a code 15 (problem with ignition output). Thanks in advance, I just don't want to take it out on the highway again until I think my problem is over with.
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    Sounds like an igniter.
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      If the ground on the battery was the problem everything in the car wouldve went out with the engine, did this happen? Like no lights, no sounds, no nothing.

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        A bad ground can cause all sorts of crazy problems. So can dirty battery connections. I've had my radio reset randomly, engine shut off while driving, and lights and gauges do funky things. All due to grounds and battery terminals.

        The ignition output code could be the igniter. Could also be the coil. Or it could be due to the bad ground, just sending funky signals to the ECU. Fix the ground, reset the ECU, and see if the code is still there. If it is, replace the igniter, then the coil. If it's STILL there, we'll dig deeper.






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          Originally posted by deevergote. View Post
          A bad ground can cause all sorts of crazy problems. So can dirty battery connections. I've had my radio reset randomly, engine shut off while driving, and lights and gauges do funky things. All due to grounds and battery terminals.

          The ignition output code could be the igniter. Could also be the coil. Or it could be due to the bad ground, just sending funky signals to the ECU. Fix the ground, reset the ECU, and see if the code is still there. If it is, replace the igniter, then the coil. If it's STILL there, we'll dig deeper.
          Took it out for a long drive and no problem but that doesn't mean it won't do it again. The code is not still in the ECU, in fact every time I've reset the ECU after this had happened, the code would never reappear until I had the engine quit on me again. Where is the igniter by the way?

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            Originally posted by Saidaigen8 View Post
            If the ground on the battery was the problem everything in the car wouldve went out with the engine, did this happen? Like no lights, no sounds, no nothing.
            That's what I've been thinking from the start too because yeah, every time it happens, there is no indication that anything else isn't getting power.

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              i had the exact same problems. I fixed it by putting in a new rotor and cap. It turns that my old one had rust and shit on it. Take a look at your rotor before you do anything

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                igniter is inside distributor.

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