The car has 88k miles on it. Never ran very hard.
>
> Problem 1
> About 2 years ago it started surging when I put it under a little
> load. Like climbing a hill at freeway speeds. The tach will bounce 100
> to 500 RPM down. ( I don't feel it is the trans, it would bounce up if
> the torque converter was slipping). Now it does it at speeds as low as
> 30 when climbing a hill. If I step further down on the throttle to
> increase my speed, it feels good.
>
> I've had it the shop 3 times.
>
> 1st time - 11/9/07. Mileage 74k. Major fuel service. Flush, clean
> injectors, New fuel filters.
> This did not help.
>
> 2nd time - 11/12/07. Found carbon tracking on the wires. Replaced
> wires, a couple of coils, and the plugs.
>
> 3rd time
> They could find nothing wrong. No charge for that visit
>
> This worked for about a year. Now it is doing it again. Grr
>
> Problem 2
> The exterior temp readout has went wacky. It will read 126 deg. When
> it is in this state, the only way I can get heat is if I turn the temp
> to the max (90) Then it roasts me out.
> Sometimes, it will start high, then come down to the ambient
> temperature, other times, not. If it drops the readout to 100 or less,
> the temp control works just fine.
> This is driving me buggy
>
> Any Ideas? I really like the car, but am considering dumping it >
> Email address is valid if you dump the obvious
>
> Thanks for any ideas you can provide
Has the computer ever set any codes?
Lee
'00 SSEi