igcitng Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 This will sound rediculous but I have to ask. I have a 2012 Limited. Two weeks ago I took it to the dealer for an oil change and a new tire. Since then, I had noticed it struggling to accelerate. If I was stopped it was hard to get going. If I had to slow down and then get back up to speed it would have trouble, seemed to not gain speed, chugging. The other thing it was doing was if I would let off the gas to coast it felt like a force was pulling on it and slowing it down super fast or like a wheel was dragging or something. Sorry if my descriptions are hard to follow. Anyway, I had it on the tollway yesterday and it was doing all of these things. At one point the Vehicle Health Report reminder came on. For the last week or so I have been telling it 'later'. Thinking maybe it would report something I pressed yes. Report came back fine. Immediately after it ran the report the car started running fine and seems fine today, feels very powerful and quick like before. Thought I had besides needing a reflash or some other major issue was a bad tank of gas. I always use mid grade. In the two weeks that it has been giving me trouble I got gas from different places so I mostly ruled that out. I managed to burn the tank yesterday so I filled up with premium today just for yucks. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11edgelimited Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 possibly some water in the gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Could be number of things... how was your gas mileage during this stint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igcitng Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Gas mileage has not seemed to suffer in the last couple of weeks. One tank lasted about 9 days and the other over a week which is about average if I don't drive more than my normal routine. It was like a switch was flipped, struggled for two weeks and suddenly it was fine. Felt good today too. Had to show a guy where to stick his Malibu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonedge+ Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Had to show a guy where to stick his Malibu. I did that once...then he flashed his hidden blue lights... Glad you're up and running full speed again! Edited May 2, 2012 by carbonedge+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igcitng Posted May 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I knew this guy wasn't a cop, he was hassling me so I embarassed him. Carbonedge, you be careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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