Elmo187
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2006
- Messages
- 1,055
- Location
- Brandon, FL, USA
- Car(s)
- Cobalt SS/SC-SN95 5.0 Stang-Toyota Corolla AE86
ok, about a month ago, me and my fiancee bought a 2003 Buick Century with the 3100 V6 with 62,xxx miles because we already have a kid and we have one coming on the way. so pretty much the Cobalt, Mustang, Yaris (which was traded in by the way), and Corolla aren't really family cars.
so anyway, on with the problem.....
coming back from a SuperBowl party just about an hour ago the first few minutes it was working fine. once i went over a steep incline that included railroad tracks, the car starting acting real weird. it seemed to have just lost alot of power. so i hit the gas and all i hear is this rumbling and then the car starts to shutter. about 30 seconds later, on comes the "Service Engine Soon" light and continues to blink. came to a red light to a complete stop and the car sounded like it was about to die. i limped it the rest of the way home. i went in, grabbed my high intensity flashlight and checked the oil (about the only thing i could really do at midnight:30). it was absolutely fine. it was the right color, it was at the right level.
what could this be? fuel system? ECU?
so anyway, on with the problem.....
coming back from a SuperBowl party just about an hour ago the first few minutes it was working fine. once i went over a steep incline that included railroad tracks, the car starting acting real weird. it seemed to have just lost alot of power. so i hit the gas and all i hear is this rumbling and then the car starts to shutter. about 30 seconds later, on comes the "Service Engine Soon" light and continues to blink. came to a red light to a complete stop and the car sounded like it was about to die. i limped it the rest of the way home. i went in, grabbed my high intensity flashlight and checked the oil (about the only thing i could really do at midnight:30). it was absolutely fine. it was the right color, it was at the right level.
what could this be? fuel system? ECU?