Thunderduckie
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New guy here so please be gentle. I tried to search the previous threads but couldn't find anything that matched my issue.
My brother bought an '08 Tahoe Hybrid with 130k on it. He's had a few small issues like a TPS fail and also a bad oil pressure sensor but other than that it's been a very solid vehicle (he just bought it 45 days ago from a dealer so I guess that isn't a lot of time to shake the whole car down).
I drive a 3/4 truck that gets 12 MPG and needed to make an 800 mile trip out of town so we traded vehicles. Everything was going perfect until I was about 70 miles from home. The car started to act like it had a misfire but it was VERY minor. It would come and go about every 10 miles or so and didn't seem to be effecting anything major so after I called him we decided to finish the trip and investigate things in the morning.
5 miles from home the check engine light began to flash repeatedly and suddenly the engine became very rough. When I pulled into our neighborhood (he lives 4 houses down from me) the car went in to electric mode at a stop sign. When the motor fired up if began to shake VERY violently and sounded like it was coming apart. I parked the car and we pushed it the rest of the way.
Can anyone tell me what can cause this issue? I have been on Google all night and so far they say everything from a misfire to a bad lower intake gasket to a plugged convertor. We're going to have the car towed tomorrow to the dealer to get something concrete but in the mean time I'm sitting here riddled with guilt that I may have caused serious damage to my brother's car. Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
My brother bought an '08 Tahoe Hybrid with 130k on it. He's had a few small issues like a TPS fail and also a bad oil pressure sensor but other than that it's been a very solid vehicle (he just bought it 45 days ago from a dealer so I guess that isn't a lot of time to shake the whole car down).
I drive a 3/4 truck that gets 12 MPG and needed to make an 800 mile trip out of town so we traded vehicles. Everything was going perfect until I was about 70 miles from home. The car started to act like it had a misfire but it was VERY minor. It would come and go about every 10 miles or so and didn't seem to be effecting anything major so after I called him we decided to finish the trip and investigate things in the morning.
5 miles from home the check engine light began to flash repeatedly and suddenly the engine became very rough. When I pulled into our neighborhood (he lives 4 houses down from me) the car went in to electric mode at a stop sign. When the motor fired up if began to shake VERY violently and sounded like it was coming apart. I parked the car and we pushed it the rest of the way.
Can anyone tell me what can cause this issue? I have been on Google all night and so far they say everything from a misfire to a bad lower intake gasket to a plugged convertor. We're going to have the car towed tomorrow to the dealer to get something concrete but in the mean time I'm sitting here riddled with guilt that I may have caused serious damage to my brother's car. Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
