Mitsubishi Repair: Electrical or Fuel related, mitsubishi eclipse gs, george washington bridge


Question
1999 mitsubishi eclipse gs 2.0l manual.
My problem started last thursday.I was coming home from work and when I arrived in front of my building my car shut off on me(there was gas) =).It didn't want to start up right away after that,I had to wait a few seconds for it to start up because it would just crank.So that same night I decided to go see my g/f at her job.I didn't even make it half way because as soon as I got on the highway the car shut off on me.The headlights,radio were still on.So like before I had to wait a few seconds before the car would actually start up again.So I had to take the local streets back home and it cut off on me about 3 times.Before I got home that same night my best friend told me to put some fuel injector cleaner(note on top of a 1/2 tank of gas).So I was w/o a car from that time until tuesday of this week that the fuel cleaner kicked in and held up until today(Thursday).I was coming home from work and was on the George Washington bridge I was going to 2nd gear and next thing you know the car just died out on me had to wait a few seconds like always to start it back up but it just kept getting worse.I had taken the car to autozone to do one of those free test to check the alternator,starter,etc and said everything was fine...What can be the problem Anthony?

Answer
Luis,
When it dies, you mentioned it starts right back up. That usually means the problem is electrical because the absence of fuel typically creates the need to crank the car longer until the fuel system re-primes its self.  Have your ignition system checked.  You may need new spark plugs, plug wires, your ignition coil pack, or possibly your power transistor.  Check your fuel pump connections as well, and be sure there is not a build up on corrosion on your battery terminals and battery cables.  Because your fuel pump works harder the faster your car is driving, it will require much more current to be drawn from your battery.  If the cables or terminals are corroded, the fuel pump would strain to pull current, and would cut off to prevent detenation due to too much air per amount of fuel.

If your car has a car alarm in it, it should be checked.  My friend had a car that used to just stop in the middle of the road, and then could restart with no problems. It turned out to be that the alarm was old, faulty, and the alarm was connected to an immobilizer which was a bit over-zealous - hence immobilizing in the middle of the road. The solution was simply to remove the alarm (the whole thing had to be removed though, it wasn't good enough just to turn it off).

Check those items I listed, and perhaps you'll find your problem.
Good luck!