Well on this wonderful 77 degree day i took my protege 5 for a spin. anways I came to a stop sign and then i as i left the stop there was a slight clunk noise then the damn thing run like **** and the idle would jump from about 200 to about 900 and be all jerky AND THEN the check engine lite dings and i decide to pull over and call my dad. so we dropped it off at the dealership and i wana know what might of gone wrong. It has have its maitence done, oil changed every 3k miles, i wasnt beating on the car i was driving smooth and at the speed limit, this is the second thing wrong with it besides when the shocks were leaking the day after we bought it. ANYHELP PLEASE!!!!

 

if you have a forign grandparent, fly them in, tell them what happend, bring them to dealership. let them freak out and yell at the guys untill its done

nothing like a Pissed off customer from europe
they will never stop until the win


J/K

could be your trans, or motor (thats right, ima local McChanic)

 

well they called today and said, "the plug gap on cyl. 4 was way off like someone tried to modify it. so i replaced it." im trying to think how in the living hell would my plug gap change if i havent even removed my plugs. its not like plugs deformed on them selves so quickly 20223 miles, i wouldnt mess with stuff like that anyways im only 16. im trying to figure out how this would of happend any ideas?

 

either someone hates you and is trying to mess up your engine

or (serious now)

your engine (right when started) was put into gear and the gas was stomped on in a matter of 5 seconds... im guessing



and why am i the only one whose replied to most of kagy's threads???!!!!!

 

idk but the plug gap was crushed. on the other forum someone had a few screws from the vtcs and crushed the plug then shot out of exhuast. but i got car back and it runs good so far lets hope it doesnt happen again

 

thats interesting. was the plug gap off by a big amount??

 

Something bouncing around in the combustion chamber would smash it. Not carbon at 20K. I read about a screw one time too though. Time to see the dealer.

 

well it was off enough that cyl. 4 would fire and i never had any problems with the car like this so i guess something did crush it. im gona take it for a drive today and see if it drives good still

 

Whiskey
Tango
Fox
Over!

"There is no way the gap changes suddenly enough to cause the symptoms you described".

Take it to an independent garage and have them borescope the cylinder to see what other damage occurred. Then starting at the air filter back inspect for missing hardware. Document what they find.

Raise heck!

They are blowing you off! The only recourse right now is warranty - so use it!

 

how long and how much would the borescopeing be? becuase i really dont like this dealership even tho im just 16 i will do what ever it takes to get my car looked at and fixed right.