My PT Cruiser is making a noise when accelerating and stalled going uphill, what could this be and how much?

Question

Yesterday, I noticed my PT Cruiser would make a noise when I accelerated whether I was in drive or neutral. The noise sounded kind of like a vacuum cleaner. It operated fine until a few hours later when I was going up a hill and it stalled out on me - good thing no one was behind me. The engine kicked back on a couple of seconds later as it started to slow down while still going up hill. I did nothing, it just came back on its own. Fortunately, I was only 2 minutes from my house and made it home safe. No engine light indicator has come on.

Any idea what this might be and how much it might cost?

Thanks!

Answer 1

sounds like a vacuum leak...  

Answer 2

Sorry, no, not without seeing it.  Take it to your friendly mechanic and tell him what happened.

Answer 3

you need to take it to a shop and have it checked out. it could be literally thousands of things causing this. its kind of like if you had a severe pain in the left side of your body you would go see a doctor, same thing here seek a professional that specializes in these types of scenerios

Answer 4

a vacuum leak would make it shut down.  the only way it would start back up is if it is a standard.   This is kinda mistifying.  You need to see a mechanic....