The Adams Family

I have had this problem also with a '97 Blazer. Mine did this several months
ago, several times, I had almost forgotten about it until I read this post.
My Blazer has not done this for about six months and I did nothing to fix
it. Mine just turned 74000 miles.


"Merlin" <mm1245@netzero.net> wrote in message
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> 97 Blazer 2door 4.3 V-6 114k miles
> Occasionally over the last few month, it seems to "quit" for a second
> or so.
>
> This has happened at hightway speeds, in 4th (auto trans, 2WD). When
> "it" occurs, the speedo drops towards zero, the other gauges will head
> act as if the key is off.. none of the idiot lights come on.. and then
> without doing anything it returns to normal. No shake, just a very
> short (1 sec? Less?) loss of power.
>
> Once it happened at idle, foot on brake at a traffic light, requiring
> a restart. Once it happened in a parking lot while making a turn - car
> stalled, steering got hard! Had to restart.
>
> I've checked the battery connections, cables, etc. The last electrical
> work done by anyone was a replacement alternator installed about 6
> months ago. However, it seems to be cranking fine, always starts OK..
> lights bright, and the dash volt- meter reads properly.
>
> Thanks!
>
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