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Defective Ignition Modules and Stalling
Defective ignition modules can cause a vehicle to stall. The stalled vehicle can fail at low speeds or at highway speeds. The stalled vehicle can result in a loss of control and collisions with other vehicles or objects. The reason vehicles stall is because the temperature of the ignition modules rise above a certain temperature that increases the chances of the module cutting out. Normally the vehicle cannot be restarted after it stalls until it has cooled down. When vehicle owners experience stalling they are not always able to understand it is attributable to the overheating because it has cooled down by the time they have reached a repair shop. Allowing vehicles with defective ignition modules leads to stalling, which leads to fatalities and serious injuries.
Overheating may be caused by the placement of the ignition modules. In some vehicles the placement of the module by things like the engine block created high temperatures that led to a cut off. The module regulates electric currents to the spark plugs and there has been evidence that engineers and other vehicle experts were aware of the correlation between high temperatures and stalled engines.
Chronic stalling has been a problem that has not been unsuccessfully beaten. Faulty carburetors that led to stalling were switched to electronic fuel injection but stalling continued. Thick film ignition modules were also found to stall, mostly when vehicles were going at highway speeds. Various class actions and vehicle recalls have resulted from vehicle stalling incidents due to the lack of consumer warnings and company cover-ups that led to fatal crashes.
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