Last night I was on the road, halfway to my destination when, after creeping from a red light, the car bucked like a thorough-bred, could barely get in gear but after 4-5 seconds it went back to normal and I continued to get on the highway. I thought it was my tranny finally dying, I have the p1811 code for my tranny and got a shiftkit but I knew it would eventually fall apart. But it appears to be something else.
After reaching my destination, and returning to the car, I turned it on and the RPM kicked a few times with no input, pulled out on the road and was to make a slow left when, in the middle of my left turn, I lost all power and the car stalled, everything locked and I just managed to pull over and turn on my hazards, middlle of downtown. Embarassment aside, had this happened on the highway I might have lost my life. The car starts again and the check engine light is on. I did not dare get back on the road and got a flatbed to take me and the Prix home. I currently do not have money to get anything done but I wuld like to know what is going on.
NOTE FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP: I think this info is important, about 2 months ago my car started stalling at idle due to RPMs getting low without manual input, took it to GM and they said it was my mass airflow sensor, they replaced it and I was good to go, until now. They also warned me that my cat converter was not the original one and that it looked rough but they told me I have some time with it.
Can anyone guess at what's going on? Nothing is worse than loosing all power on the road.
