Why does my car keep running after I turn it off?
When making multiple short stops back-to-back, the engine continues to turn, shake, or stall out instead of shutting down cleanly. This leaves the vehicle unable to start again a few minutes later, often requiring a jump start.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Jump-starting the vehicle
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Whenever i go to multiple places and turn it off and on consecutively (laundromat off/on, gas station off/on then home) itll still turn like its running then shake off and it feels likes its stalling out.”source ↗
“ONCE it even revved HIGHER for a few seconds before shaking off.”source ↗
“If my car runs and I turn it off and try restarting a few minutes later it won't start.”source ↗
“It will just click but the engine will not fire.”source ↗
“I have to jump it to start again.”source ↗
“No, sometimes it will start on its own without a jump. Just the back to back starts. It wont start on the second try.”source ↗
Where this came up
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