I am in Florida right now as I met the love of my life, and she drives a Suzuki SX4....a 4 cylinder car.
Around town I have not noticed any problem but on the highway yesterday the engine would occasionally cut out....VERY briefly....for (say) a tenth of a second. Over 50 MPH usually, and it seemed as if it only really did it on acceleration. However I didn't notice it doing this when accelerating up to that speed.
It's not a slight miss....it is as if everything cuts out on acceleration on the highway, but VERY briefly.
It does this at random intervals ranging from 10 seconds apart to 40 seconds apart.
I'm pretty sure its electrical, and she said her mechanic doesn't know what it is.
The car has over 200,000 MILES on it but is in good nick and she just spent money on it.
I would score major brownie points if I could fix it and am looking for suggestions, please.
There was a thread here a few months ago about something similar but as far as I remember it was an older car and I can't find that thread.
Around town I have not noticed any problem but on the highway yesterday the engine would occasionally cut out....VERY briefly....for (say) a tenth of a second. Over 50 MPH usually, and it seemed as if it only really did it on acceleration. However I didn't notice it doing this when accelerating up to that speed.
It's not a slight miss....it is as if everything cuts out on acceleration on the highway, but VERY briefly.
It does this at random intervals ranging from 10 seconds apart to 40 seconds apart.
I'm pretty sure its electrical, and she said her mechanic doesn't know what it is.
The car has over 200,000 MILES on it but is in good nick and she just spent money on it.
I would score major brownie points if I could fix it and am looking for suggestions, please.
There was a thread here a few months ago about something similar but as far as I remember it was an older car and I can't find that thread.
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