Friday, June 3, 2011

My car skips some at certain speeds.?

Hello! I made a trip from Lubbock to Houston (about 600 miles) a few weeks ago. The trip down went very smoothly, but about 400 miles into the trip back I noticed the car was skipping some. I'm having to make the trip again in a few hours because my mom was put into the hospital. Can anyone help me determine if my car is ok to drive?



I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with how a car skips (or hiccups) when you're about to run out of gas but it was a similar feeling. It only did it between 60-65 mph and it would stop if I let up off the gas.



The conditions for this happening were: The winds were blowing EXTREMELY hard, I'm not sure if wind could cause your car to feel like its skipping... Also, I had just put two new tires on my car. The only tires I replaced were the front two, the back two are different tires. Could this cause it to skip? If so, why did it only skip the last 200 miles of the trip?



I haven't noticed any type of skipping at all since I got home, but I also haven't traveled much... I only go like 10-15 miles at a time when I'm home. Also, the oil light kept coming on and off. I'm not sure why though because I just had the oil changed before the trip.



Please help me out... I really need to make this trip but I'm not sure if the car is ok or not. The car is a 1999 Chevy Cavalier. HOWEVER, it has a brand new transmission, radiator, and new head gaskets. It's an older car, but I've replaced just about everything in it over the past 6 months.



Thanks!My car skips some at certain speeds.?Your car may have an electronic speed %26quot;governor%26quot; or %26quot;regulator%26quot; that overrides your acceleration input (pressing the gas peddle) at a predetermined speed.



I had a 1996 Buick Regal that did something similar to your description.



Try to ask your dealership or research your car online to see if that is something your car might have.



The only way to describe the way my car acted is just like you said it seemed to have run out of gas or was going to die/turn off. Every time I got it to around 75mph. Then when it dropped to a significantly lower speed I could accelerate again and everything was back to normal.



Maybe that is your cars only %26quot;problem%26quot;, but I never noticed any warning lights coming on in my similar circumstances...My car skips some at certain speeds.?make sure they put the right amount of oil in,and see if it does it when you have cruise control onn.it might be in the transmission it might be as simple as adding a small bottle of lubegard it really works for tranny shuttering,and heat.Id say the wind will mess with you if your doing 65 and its blowing very hard,certain gust here and there pushing back on the car yea i could see that.My car skips some at certain speeds.?engine misses are due to :

plugs need to be cleaned/ one of them is nt working

air filter is blocked with dust or any dirt and stuff like tht

u mentioned oil light tht is also a reason whihc seems conveioncing the oil flow is nt proper into the engine might be because a tube has a leak or due to dirt .



any car mechanic even nt trained enough would check up these things and rectify this

make sure u do not have oil leak to check where ever u park ur car while driving out just give a look at the place where it was parked if there is oil stright away take it to garage because SEAL is broken which also causes misses in engine and is really dangerous for car engine .....