Power surge when driving

280,000 MILES • 0.6L • V6
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CHUCK MOTES
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When driving surging from 0 to 2 almost got hurt trying get home took 45 minutes from 5 miles.
Nov 11, 2019 at 11:56 PM
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KASEKENNY
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There are a couple things we need to start with. First is to check for codes.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Next we need to find out if you are just in a reduced power mode or the engine is starved of power. Here are guides that explain this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/reduced-power-limp-mode

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/symptoms-of-low-engine-power

The codes will also help with this but let's run through this material and get a little more detail about what is happening and we can go from there. Maybe get a video of what is happening and that will help get us on the same page. Thanks
Dec 9, 2020 at 11:49 PM
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