So my wife, on our drive in to work was sitting next to me (we take separate cars to work, but work at the same place, so the same route and leave home at the same time) at a light (thankfully one of the longer ones), about 2 and a half miles from our house, and I could hear her yelling for me (luckily that it was extraordinarily foggy out, so I had my driver window cracked). Rolled down the passenger window and she said the engine had shut off on its own at the light. Had her try to restart it, starter worked fine, but it just turned over and turned over and would not fire. She called AAA and a police officer helped push her into the gas station (this is a three-lane wide road, and she was in the center lane) while she waited for her tow to the dealer (which is only about 5 minutes away).
After she got that and her call to AAA all settled, she called me and said it gave her a message (unclearable) on the DIC of "Diesel Engine Shutdown Soon" (or something close to that), and then turned off.
I've been thinking the EGR was getting clogged, but there's no way a sticky/clogged EGR can stop a running engine, only prevent it from starting. Given this is a diesel, there is no spark, so this leads me to believe one of the fuel pumps took a **** - and makes me wonder if it's been going for a while and causing the symptoms I've blamed on the EGR - multiple turnovers to start on occasion, and occasionally rough running right after starting the car.
She's at the dealer now and their service department opened at 7, so I will report back with what they find, but I cannot believe this wouldn't be covered under powertrain since any possible cause I can come up with is powertrain-related.
Anyone else had anything similar happen?
After she got that and her call to AAA all settled, she called me and said it gave her a message (unclearable) on the DIC of "Diesel Engine Shutdown Soon" (or something close to that), and then turned off.
I've been thinking the EGR was getting clogged, but there's no way a sticky/clogged EGR can stop a running engine, only prevent it from starting. Given this is a diesel, there is no spark, so this leads me to believe one of the fuel pumps took a **** - and makes me wonder if it's been going for a while and causing the symptoms I've blamed on the EGR - multiple turnovers to start on occasion, and occasionally rough running right after starting the car.
She's at the dealer now and their service department opened at 7, so I will report back with what they find, but I cannot believe this wouldn't be covered under powertrain since any possible cause I can come up with is powertrain-related.
Anyone else had anything similar happen?