Hi Steve:

This has also recently happened to me.

I was less than a mile from my house, and it was the beginning of the day, so the car had been sitting overnight.

After sputtering and then dying, the car started back up again.

A few days later, while trying to diagnose a cruise control issue, I checked for codes and also had a 1,2,1, but the Bentley Book says that the check engine light (CEL) should be on, but it wasn't. I turned on the ignition key to see if all of the idiot lights were working, and they were.

Last week I checked the connection to the air mass meter (AMM), and it was okay.

This morning, the same thing happened again, however, this time, the car was much more difficult to get started, and on top of this, I was at an intersection that had a red light camera, so I was even more hesitant to go through the intersection.

At this point, I am going to do some probing and see what I can find.

I am wondering, since both times the car stalled after less than a mile and it was the first time that I had driven the car, if maybe this could be a pre-pump issue?

I'll post any information related to what I have found, after I work on my car.
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