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<blockquote data-quote="flgirl51" data-source="post: 1724637" data-attributes="member: 56228"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: rgb(243, 121, 52)">And under the heading No Good Deed goes unpunished...Barb & I spent a tense & frustrating afternoon in the parking lot of the Interfaith Help agency where we were dropping off the Christmas tree for the family she adopted...we got there a little early & were sitting in the car waiting for the Social worker to meet us...Barb had moved her car trying to get out of the sun & when that didn't work she went to start the car & turn on the A/C and the car would not start....it turned over fine but just would not catch...the social worker came out and tried to help us by calling her husband...he said it sounded like the starter & if we tried a jump it might kick over & start...No luck...tried for over 30 mins. and finally gave up & called a tow truck...it was going to be a 70 min. wait...so the Social worker told us to come inside in the A/C...so as we were closing up the van & rolling up the windows for some reason Barb tried one last time and it STARTED... and stayed running! Barb had noticed on light on the dash earlier & when we looked it up it was for the electronic throttle control.... which made sense to us, because the few times it did start it wouldn't stay running...acting like it wasn't getting gas...she also noticed when she'd press the gas peddle the engine didn't rev or anything...it just died.. .so I guess it's just one of those intermitiant electrical issues...but now she is afraid to drive her car anywhere...Thankfully we made it back to her house ok...and the Social Worker was kind enough to follow us to make sure we got there ok...Jane will pick her up tomorrow & bring her to my house for lunch...as Kathie say's...always something!!!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flgirl51, post: 1724637, member: 56228"] [SIZE=6][COLOR=rgb(243, 121, 52)]And under the heading No Good Deed goes unpunished...Barb & I spent a tense & frustrating afternoon in the parking lot of the Interfaith Help agency where we were dropping off the Christmas tree for the family she adopted...we got there a little early & were sitting in the car waiting for the Social worker to meet us...Barb had moved her car trying to get out of the sun & when that didn't work she went to start the car & turn on the A/C and the car would not start....it turned over fine but just would not catch...the social worker came out and tried to help us by calling her husband...he said it sounded like the starter & if we tried a jump it might kick over & start...No luck...tried for over 30 mins. and finally gave up & called a tow truck...it was going to be a 70 min. wait...so the Social worker told us to come inside in the A/C...so as we were closing up the van & rolling up the windows for some reason Barb tried one last time and it STARTED... and stayed running! Barb had noticed on light on the dash earlier & when we looked it up it was for the electronic throttle control.... which made sense to us, because the few times it did start it wouldn't stay running...acting like it wasn't getting gas...she also noticed when she'd press the gas peddle the engine didn't rev or anything...it just died.. .so I guess it's just one of those intermitiant electrical issues...but now she is afraid to drive her car anywhere...Thankfully we made it back to her house ok...and the Social Worker was kind enough to follow us to make sure we got there ok...Jane will pick her up tomorrow & bring her to my house for lunch...as Kathie say's...always something!!![/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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