Sentence examples for engine shut off from inspiring English sources

At last, the truck stopped and the engine shut off.

With an electric hybrid, "you let the vehicle run for a few kilometers, have the engine shut off, then run silently on an electric motor," Mr. Yarce said.

At a full stop, the clutch disengages, letting the gas engine shut off entirely; the car then pulls away on electric power only.

Four days before she was killed, Ms. Melton took her car in for service because the engine shut off while she was driving.

Like Ashley, Courtney first climbed into the driver's seat of a chassis of a funny car — no body attached — and John Force hitched a rope to the car and towed it, with the engine shut off, around the parking lot.

Many are minor, but some--such as the tale that the U-2 spent much of its time gliding with the engine shut off (p. 34 --are not.

A modification was made in 2008 to prevent the problem, which can lead to the engine shutting off, disabling the airbags.

That is because the engine shuts off at stops, which is more common in city driving.

When this happens, the engine shuts off and safety systems — including power steering, anti-lock brakes and air bags — are disabled.

Mr. Reimer also reported that both diesel engines shut off around this time, Mr. Sumwalt said, though he encountered no problems with steering.

I was on its final flight, from Newark to Washington Dulles, and watched a young flight attendant, only two months on the job, carefully stow soda cans and replace napkins in the galley as that last flight taxied to a stop — even though she knew she was out of a job the moment the engines shut off.