My car was running and just stopped while I was driving. The battery is new and ok. What could be wrong?

Answer 1

Depends upon what happens after- Does it start up again? Does it try to start and then die? (won't turn over) Does it actually start then die? What were you doing when it died..freeway driving...slowing down...turning? What kind make, model and year is it? What size motor? Automatic or Manual? What were weather conditions? Winter or summer, and what was temp. like? Also, on the car- did your lights and other electrical componants kill at the same time the engine died, or did they still work to a degree?

Its difficult to figure out what is going on without a lot more detail. But if you can answer even the questions above-that would help narrow it down.

At first blush, your battery won't generally die while driving unless your alternator died-and that is unusual while driving as well. But it it is electrical it could be an alternator, a connector to the alternator or even a short in the system somewhere else.

Another could be a fuel pump..that will kill when driving no matter what the conditions- but very cold winter driving will hasten a fuel pumps death-especially if you don't keep your tank full all the time-run it near empty and then dump gas it-that alone will destroy the fuel pump.

Could be as simple as bad gas- did you fuel up recently before this occured? That will cause your car to die anytime too- water in the gas will freeze up your whole fuel system under the right circumstances- only cure for that, unless you know how to drain the fuel lines, tank and everything else your self, and have the set up for it- is to take it in and have it done-a pricey venture.

Depending upon your vehicles make and age- you could have a carburetor (sp?) if so, timing and other things can go wrong there- in some carbs. there is a valve [petcck] on top of the carb- to replace that is about 3 bucks and a screwdriver

anyway- if you could answer some details- ill be able to help you out a bit better.