Automatic Headlights & Car keeps stalling.

1996 BUICK RIVIERA
142,000 MILES
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SINNER78
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Hello I'm not sure if these 2 things are something related but when I drive my car even at slow city speeds it will all of a sudden die. When I am going 60 down the freeway I have to stay in the right lane as much as possible so that when my car die's I can pull over and start it again. No warning lights come on and stay on. The idiot lights turn on all at once then they go off right after. A friend of the family thinks that it may be due to fuel filter needing changed since the lights don't stay on. Also my auto headlights won't work anymore and I was wondering if that is due to a fuse or something. Can anyone help? Thanks.
Jan 12, 2012 at 7:41 PM
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HMAC300
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have your fuel pressure checked as well as battery and charging system. alot of auto parts stores do this for free. you may be losing voltage due to a poor charging system or battery. Your headlight problem can be the switch, a module or the sensor on the dash may not be telling that it's dark out.
Jan 12, 2012 at 8:35 PM
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