kouksie
CEG'er
Hello all,
An update from the land I call Contour He**:
So I originally posted a while ago, speaking of my car not downshifting when I would accelerate, and acted erraticly after extended periods of time on the highway.
The next episode: The dealership took it out on the highway- changed the sparkplugs and did other maintenance things to it (not sure exactly what, my father told me on the phone).
The dealership is telling him that it's "slipping" and they THINK it may be the timing belt. I will re-iterate the problem to you. I seriously need some help. I've already dished out $1000+ dollars and I know the car is not worth AT BEST $3,000.
1998 Automatic SE. 132,000 kilometers. Was on the highway for about an hour when I would hit the gas, the RPM'S would shift up properly, but the car would not accelerate, transmission would not down-shift.. Instead, it sounded as though it hit the govenor speed and NOT go any faster. I would let off the gas, the RPMS would go back down, and the car would violently LURCH back in synch. At first it happened at 100-110 km/h, but after first occurance, would happen at lower speeds and would get worse as time progressed.
If the car was turned off for about an hour, and then taken back out on the highway, it would 'behave' for about an hour, then start acting up again. I was in BOTH cruise-control and NON cruise-control when this occurred.
Dealership is getting NO CODES.
Things I have replaced:
Fuel filter
Fuel Pump which I replaced myself (thank you Haynes manual)
Cleaned fuel injectors
cleaned spark plugs
transmission flush done religiously every year.
The dealership is trying to tell my dad that it might be the timing belt. Another dealership thought it may be frayed overdrive wires. Originally thought it might be a sensor or a throttle problem. Truth of the matter is, I don't KNOW what to think anymore. Let's be honest here- I'm a 26 year old woman and I don't live under the hood of a car. I CANNOT get over the fact that I have been looped around by a DEALERSHIP whose job it is to diagnose. I refuse to let it go into another dealership, but I need some help.
What exactly are the symptoms of a messed up timing belt? Is my car displaying the symptoms of a timing belt on the fritz? Throttle problems?
I'm *THIS* close to screaming/pulling my hair out.
I'm a university student with a limited budget, and I've already pumped in 1/3 of it's worth into it in new parts.
ANY help would be REALLY appreciated.
Thank you,
Kouksie
An update from the land I call Contour He**:
So I originally posted a while ago, speaking of my car not downshifting when I would accelerate, and acted erraticly after extended periods of time on the highway.
The next episode: The dealership took it out on the highway- changed the sparkplugs and did other maintenance things to it (not sure exactly what, my father told me on the phone).
The dealership is telling him that it's "slipping" and they THINK it may be the timing belt. I will re-iterate the problem to you. I seriously need some help. I've already dished out $1000+ dollars and I know the car is not worth AT BEST $3,000.
1998 Automatic SE. 132,000 kilometers. Was on the highway for about an hour when I would hit the gas, the RPM'S would shift up properly, but the car would not accelerate, transmission would not down-shift.. Instead, it sounded as though it hit the govenor speed and NOT go any faster. I would let off the gas, the RPMS would go back down, and the car would violently LURCH back in synch. At first it happened at 100-110 km/h, but after first occurance, would happen at lower speeds and would get worse as time progressed.
If the car was turned off for about an hour, and then taken back out on the highway, it would 'behave' for about an hour, then start acting up again. I was in BOTH cruise-control and NON cruise-control when this occurred.
Dealership is getting NO CODES.
Things I have replaced:
Fuel filter
Fuel Pump which I replaced myself (thank you Haynes manual)
Cleaned fuel injectors
cleaned spark plugs
transmission flush done religiously every year.
The dealership is trying to tell my dad that it might be the timing belt. Another dealership thought it may be frayed overdrive wires. Originally thought it might be a sensor or a throttle problem. Truth of the matter is, I don't KNOW what to think anymore. Let's be honest here- I'm a 26 year old woman and I don't live under the hood of a car. I CANNOT get over the fact that I have been looped around by a DEALERSHIP whose job it is to diagnose. I refuse to let it go into another dealership, but I need some help.
What exactly are the symptoms of a messed up timing belt? Is my car displaying the symptoms of a timing belt on the fritz? Throttle problems?
I'm *THIS* close to screaming/pulling my hair out.
I'm a university student with a limited budget, and I've already pumped in 1/3 of it's worth into it in new parts.
ANY help would be REALLY appreciated.
Thank you,
Kouksie
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