2006 Pontiac Vibe engine stops or will not accelerate

2006 PONTIAC VIBE
62,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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INTHEBARREL
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while driving the car will suddenly stop accelerating . the engine will run but only get to about 25 miles an hour. it will also die at times and you have to wait 5 minutes to restart. the check engine light is on now . this happened once before but the check engine light went out and it ran fine for about 1 week
Mar 19, 2009 at 4:57 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Have the computer scanned for OBD2 code/s this is your starting point finding out what's wrong. You have a problem within the engine management system.
Mar 19, 2009 at 5:13 AM
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