My car's electrical system just stopped working today..?

[lr306]

Good morning all,

I struggled to find anything on the web that related specifically to the above, till I came across this specific thread.

My issue is very similar and happens 3 times, the last of which yesterday, and I got really really (I mean really scared).

I was driving with my girlfriend when all of a sudden I saw a number of lights all of a sudden lighting up in the dashboard (which I seem to remember was a sign of this fault about to happen) and then within a couple of minutes the car went from doing about 30mph to a complete and sudden stop, and since I lost he electricals, I could not even put the emergency lights on!! :-(

So I had to suddenly come out of the car and start waiving to incoming cars to make them aware of me.

Luckily I had a jump starter with me and was able to jump start the car immediately and go, but I was really freaked out and this 'incident' could have had serious consequences, say if it had happened on the motorway!!!?!

I am going to bring it to a garage soon, but have read that my local toyota dealer is not great, do you think a good electrician could find the fault, even if it is not a Toyota dealership?

Very grateful for any help you can give me

RL