u asked me why...i can't answer u as well
but most car right now have these prob
and when it happens...the whole car shuts down
can't crank, alarm also doesn't work

scary liddat..

i dont believe it..maybe only proton cars are like that...if this is true, everyone have to check their car battery 1st before driving on a highway..haha..

This post has been edited by megat89: Apr 8 2012, 08:33 PM

well.....the engine only off, other still can on, like light, horn etc....

the engine indicator was on, dat time....so i restart then all oks n i continue my holiday journy....hehehh

becareful when coming out of T junction..

engine indicator on (yellow) or the CVT indicator on (red with exclaimation mark)?

eng indicator on yellow....only

i dn't think its p1 only....alot of cars i heard have these problems too
i think it has to do with some electronics or the ECU
cuz when i got my car...no problem
drive it around 80KM per day for a few days also no prob
its that 1 days....i think something triggers it and thn it dies
and when its towed to SC...no one knows how to fix it and its such a simple fix

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Apr 8 2012, 09:12 PM

Checked at official exora forum, got two possibilities:
1) battery connector loose
2) crank sensor kong

Mostly because of number 1, just check your connector make sure is tight, no harm done trying

Mine also same, only happened in P or D and aircond is on. Complained and sent for repair during first service but the problem returned, although in lesser frequency. Will complain again in next service. Luckily it did not die during driving.

last night driving back to home at average 80kmh. suddenly 'pong' front left tyre puncture. i think i'm the 1st EBP owner tyre puncture, lol.

after i change the spare tyre (its really hard to jet up the car and the spare tyre is heavy to get out), i go petrol station check the others tyre air pressure, theres still have 32-34 psi left.

i check the door side stated there jz only need 31 psi. isit 31 psi really enough for a heavy car? then i jz pump all my tyre to 37 psi.

i will send my punctured tyre to trye shop later today. ask them to check for it and will update back here.

This post has been edited by vinorgouki: Apr 9 2012, 12:24 PM

Last week, me encounter the same problem, my engine suddenly off. at that time my exora in parking mode, firstly the wiper suddenly on and after that check engine light up and engine died. after few second, my wife re-start and everything working good. me also wonder what happen at that time? waiting for 5k servis, current milage 3.3k and need to complaint sc. will update later..

so fast puncture already...so many nails on the road??...haha
i would recommend around 220 for the front and 200 for the rear

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Added on April 9, 2012, 12:40 pmits the battery connector there...tighten it..its loose

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Apr 9 2012, 12:40 PM

With modern car, I think you are asking for trouble if you disconnect battery when engine still running.

unless you have anything concrete, your statement doesnt mean anything..

sources :

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...25190044AARv1gZ

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happens_if_...s_still_running

http://www.troubleshooters.com/dont_disconnect_battery.htm

so if that;'s the case and mr alien say due to contact problem of battery, disconnect intermittently (which is still disconnect) , so all the protons got their electronics fired and went back to change thousands of dollars of Alternator and ECU?

the answers from wiki.answer suggests that a worst case scenario. its not everytime , the alternator and your internal bus would fry.

with the older protons, i doubt this is the case since i used to do it with an old waja and and an old saga.

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Added on April 9, 2012, 2:06 pmbut its something that im not gonna try with my exora lah
kalau battery kong, i beli ganti terus. malas nak charge charge

This post has been edited by ultramaman: Apr 9 2012, 02:06 PM

Sure if you pay me money, I will go engage an professional automotive engineer to give you something more solid. As it is, you can take it or leave it as to what I said. This is the nature of online forum.

All I know is, I had been warned by mechanic that I should not do that with modern car that depends heavily on electronic. You wanna go try and come back and tell us what will happen? If not, stay away from what I said.

yup done it on toyota, rx8, nissan and proton, nothing fubared also?

and protons here with battery connection issue, also disconnect wat.. did they end up with anything serious other than tighten the battery connector?

more worrying would be engine dying off randomly..