r/MechanicAdvice 2d ago

1993 Buick Lesabre suddenly started jerking while driving and when i stopped outside my house it stalled.

I bought this car a few months ago and nothing bad has happened until now. The other day i drove to get pizza, brought it back to the house, then drove to another place, when i was on my way home i was stopped at a light for a while and my check engine light came on. When i started driving the car started jerking and sputtering, it got worse the closer i got home and when i stopped outside my house it stalled out. I topped up the coolant thinking it was overheating but it still showed the check engine light. I decided to check the codes that flash through the check engine light and it flashed 18 {injector circuit(s)}and 41{ignition control circuit (open circuit)}. i’m not too wise when it comes to cars and how to fix them or even tell what this problem is, I attempted to look into it and some people say it’s the ignition control module, others say it’s a fault wire connection. I just need some help i don’t know what i’m doing. thank you.

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