99 Accord issue while accelerating and near 4000 RPMs.

Tiny
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I have a 1999 Honda accord, 2 dr. Coupe, manual transmission. The car has 143,500 miles. Recently the check engine light came on (what a surprise), and most of the time it's nothing major, but I recently notice that as I was driving to get onto a highway for instance, whether it was 1, 2, or 3rd gear, as I was around 4000 RPMs, all of a sudden for a split second the car felt as if I down shifted, and it was slow down. I noticed this while in 4 gear also, and can't remember if this happened in 5th gear. This car has been working very well up to this point. I do regular maint, the timing belt/water pump has been changed at 80K. It doesn't happen all the time either. I can't remember but the check engine can come on if you need motor oil right? I did check the oil today, and it was low, so I did fill it up, the light is still on. Has anyone had this acceleration problem? Thanks.
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 AT 11:02 AM

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Tiny
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Get the engine codes
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 AT 12:44 PM
Tiny
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Hello, I did bring it to a non-honda service station, which I've brought my car to before, and they said that the computer didn't generate a code. I know I had brought it there maybe 2 months ago, and the code was something like 35, which they said wasn't anything of a concern. I have to find that paper where it was listed, but as of yesterday when they checked, no code was generated. I do have an appt. With Honda service next tuesday, I'm just hoping nothing happens till then.

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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 AT 1:20 PM
Tiny
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Once that light goes on there is a code stored in memory and it should be readable.
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006 AT 3:46 PM

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