Car Shuts Off When Brakes Applied

[islandtuner242]

driving home today i noticed my car turns off on it's own everytime i press brakes any ideas on what it could be???

Thanks In Advance,
Kadeem

[joe603]

Need more info...anything done recently to the car? Is it AUTO or 6MT?

[islandtuner242]

it's a 6MT no mods completlety stock the first thing that came to mind is that it needs a tune up which i plan to do next week but after posting this it didn't do it anymore so i'm really lost on this one

[sivartk]

Does it turn off or die? If it is turning off, it just decided to be a hybrid

[joe603]

Does it sputter? It could be bad gas....

[islandtuner242]

well it isn't cutting off anymore when the brakes are pressed but now it won't start so i'm thinkin maybe it's just a bad starter...... it just keeps rolling over but not firing so i'm lost for words on this one the car has a little over 130K miles and was always "babied" the previous owner never ran the car as hard so any ideas???

P.S.
joe603: it just might have been bad gas because the car was sitting down for about a month (rich kid with various cars so he wasn't checking for it)

Thanks In Advance'
Kadeem

[joe603]

If the tank is full, I'd have a shop siphon out the bad gas and put in some new. You probably should also have the fuel pump filter replaced. Not as hard as it sounds...Check the FSM for more info (link in my sig).

Another possibility could be the clutch safety switch is going...but usually that makes it hard to start the car.