XR6TNewbie

Thanks for the input, I'll check out the earth points and cables and see if I come up with anything.

I had what sounds like a very similar problem. I have an '03' and it started to stall for no apparent reason whilst pulling up to the lights etc, then it started to stall at more random times like while coasting like you mentioned, never happened above about 40km/h or so, but still pretty scarey when it happens. Anyway, I also got on this forum and did a lot of looking around, most people suggested cleaning the throttle body as a first step , then if that still soesn't fix it, replacing the TPS (Throttle Position Sensor), whilst some suggested that replacing the entire throttle body, TPS and all fixed it for them. I wanted to know whether it was the throttle body or the TPS, so I started by replacing the TPS - fairly easy to do yourself as long as you don't break the screws - Fixed the problem stright away. I'm still curently having a small problem with drop in idle, but only when the lights are on, which I don't believe is related to the TPS or throttle body. But NO STALLING SINCE! Hope this helps, because I know from experience how bad this can be. Good Luck.

Battery is only about 3 months old. Due to all the stalling and restarting, the battery died. NRMA guy that came out to jump start me, checked the alternator and said it was charging fine, as did the Marshall battery guy that replaced the battery. But I'm still not convinced?

Hi Guys, Like most newbies I'm not sure if this is in the right section, but from where I'm sitting this seems like an electrical problem, so I hope you can help. To start with, the car is a 2003 BA XR6T Mk I with approx 95,oookm- pretty much completely stock except for second F6 intake and K&N filter. To try to shorten a very long story(issue), the problem I'm currently having, started with the usual stalling engine problem when pulling up to lights etc. I put up with this problem for a while until I got on the forum and did some research. From that research I came to the conclusion that it was the throttle body or TPS, but wanted to know exactly which was to blame. So instead of replacing the whole throttle body and TPS at once, I replaced just the TPS to see if it would fix the problem - it did, hasn't stalled since. However, now the only time it drops in revs like it use to just before it use to stall, is when I have the lights turned on. It happens like before, pulling up to lights etc, the revs drop below 500rpm for a split second, then pick back up, no stalling just drop in revs. It reminds me of exactly how it use to behave just before it would stall proir to replacing the TPS. Also if while I'm sitting at the lights and the revs are sitting at normal idle, if I push the power windows button, the revs drop by maybe 100rpm. Is this an alternator issue or something even simpler that I'm just not seeing? Hopefully someone might have had the same issue and can help, or its just an obvious answer that with my limited knowledge, am yet to figure out. Sorry for the dragged out "shortened version" of my problem. I would welcome any help or advice you may be able to offer me on this topic. Cheers, XR6TNewbie