We are planning a big roadtrip in 2 weeks, and in preparation, got a new "big girl" carseat for our daughter. I wanted her to try it out in the 3rd row yesterday to make sure she would be comfortable in it, and make sure she had enough leg room, and see if the leg rest we have for her would work with it, etc. Since it was about 95 degrees out, I started the car (with the key, NOT by remote start) and turned on the A/C so the car wouldn't be so unbearably hot. After about 10 minutes, I had my daughter come outside and we were trying the seat in different places with and without the foot rest, so all told, it was about 20 minutes that the car was running. Then the engine just suddenly died. All the electrical stuff was still working, the A/C was still blowing, all the lights were on, the engine just wasn't running. My husband thinks it died because I was low on gas (1/8th of a tank) and the car was sitting on an incline, and he does not think we need to take it to the dealer to be checked out. I am more worried, especially since we are taking a 10 day roadtrip soon. I do not want the engine to just die somewhere along the way.
Has anyone else had this happen? Would it make sense for it to die because it was low on gas and on an incline?
Has anyone else had this happen? Would it make sense for it to die because it was low on gas and on an incline?