My car has been running terrible lately. Ironically the dealership said nothing when I brought it in for an oil change that was supposed to check many things. It was just having problems when I tried to accelerate at 35-45 mph. It would die and then go and it had a chattering feeling some of the time. Now it has a problem just from a dead stop. I have to feather the gas pedal because it feels like it it going to stall. It is an automatic. Any ideas. I am a widow and I know I can be taken advantage of by greedy mechanics.
2000 Forester
Aug 23, 2006
6 Replies
If you post your GENERAL location (city/state) - perhaps someone here can guide you to a trusted mechanic/dealership.
Carl
When you say you'd accelerate and it would die, then go - do you mean that it gets sluggish (speed drops 5 or 10 mph but the engine still runs) then surges ahead? And from a dead stop, are you pressing the accelerater, getting nothing, then suddenly it catches and bounces ahead?
If that sounds familiar, I just had the Oxygen sensor replaced on my '01 Forester Automatic. I was told on this group that it doesn't always show up on a scan and that was the case. They had to manually check it. They replaced it the other day and so far, so good.
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I am beginning to think the O2 sensor should be a swap out part like an oil filter or lightbulb.
Just pick one up at the grocery store once a month or something.
Those things fail a lot. And always seem to confuse the driver and the friggin shops.
(Yeah, I'd bet a doughnut on it being the O2 sensor as well.)
Does anyone reading here have a suggestion for a mechanic or different dealership to send this nice lady to?
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Carl
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