Intermittent engine power reduce turns on?

Tiny
DONTRIP
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  • 2012 CHEVROLET MALIBU
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 100,000 MILES
Engine power reduce turns on randomly and doesn't let me use the full power and sometimes sounds like it's going to shut off.
Saturday, September 24th, 2022 AT 8:26 PM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

This can be caused by a few things. By chance, is the check engine light staying on when the engine is running? If it is, I would suggest having the CAN bus scanned. CAN stands for controller area network. Basically, the computers/modules are tied together via a few wires. This type of scan will retrieve codes regardless of the module storing them.

Here is a link that explains how it's done:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/can-scan-controller-area-network-easy

Let me know if that is something you can do or have done.

Take care,

Joe
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Sunday, September 25th, 2022 AT 12:02 AM

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