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Old Feb 22, 2014 | 11:22 PM
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Default Re: Engine Died at High Speed

Originally Posted by smattmul
Maybe I did not get the order of events right as nothing dramatic happened. I was done accelerating and may have even taken the car out of gear before the engine went to 0 RPM while out of gear.

Thanks for the suggestions, I will get to work.
If you took the car out of gear at that speed and free wheeled I would imagine the car might get confused. especially with the wheels traveling fast and the engine not in sync with it.
The little black box probably said to itself "WTF".
Edit;
Applies to manual and auto transmissions.
 

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