StreetKA

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i noticed since i have bought the car and i am wondering is it normal... in wet condition when i loose traction on 2nd and 3rd gear the check engine start to blink for like 30 sec or so... what does it mean ? anyone ?

rp_guy

thinks it's misfiring. it's not a problem..

Rajca

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its misfiring. should do that when u loose traction. a misfire is a good thing.

have u replaced the spark plugs? might be time

StreetKA

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i replaced spark plugs at 58k miles now has 73k i dont think its spark plugs. i had check engine once DLR told that is misfire and that i should check coils. i did. since that happened i did not see check light on like i said sometimes its blinking for 30 sec when i loose traction then disapear

fuzzy02CLS

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It's normal. It's not really a misfire, but it appears to the ECU as one because your not getting traction while still moving forward. It happens. Nothing to worry about. Getting some better tires helps & stepping off the gas until you have traction.

StreetKA

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when i loose traction i always step of the gas never go up to rev limiter. but it still shows up sometimes

victorvu

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i never had a check engine light come on because i lost traction. maybe its just me.

RendanCLS

Had that happen to me for first time like 2 weeks ago. Got out of work and it was raining like crazy and damn cold out. Wanted to get home quick so I just punched it going on the highway. Lost traction and hit the limiter in 2nd and I seen the light come on and it scared the shit out of me untill it went off.

TheWeez

Me either. Weird.

StreetKA

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is not happening like every time... since i own the car it happened 5 times... first time it threw me a misfire so i had to reset it and never came back again...

TheWeez

Only time I can think of something like that happening was when I bounced it off the rev-limiter a couple times a few years ago.

Rajca

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never once have i had a misfire bc of no traction. and i lose traction alot

fuzzy02CLS

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it's not a misfire. the ECU thinks it is but it's not. Too dumb to know what it is.

friesm2000

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yeah the CEL should not becoming on (especially blinking) due to loss of traction,
and yeah the blinking means it is proably misfiring , but the main thing is that it sees that the cat is in intidement (spelling?) danger, so the ecu is going into safe mode to try and protect the cat

btw: also get the codes checked, they should be saved in memory, even if the light is off

fsttyms1

^. Our cars dont store the code with the flashing cel when it goes out, i have checked with various scanners and nothing comes up.

I only get the flashing CEL when i loose traction and get axle hop. When its just at a loss of traction it never happens.

friesm2000

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like what scanners, some definetly do more then others (are you just using a code reader???)

then if it happens with axlehop, the ecu must be seeing the motor speed up and slow down rapily enough that it interepts as a misfire

Rajca

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when i over reved my engine, a code was stored, twice . but i got some type s heads on teh way. car will be all good next weekend

victorvu

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i've launched my car numerous times even burning rubber through 2nd into 3rd and never got a check engine light. maybe its throwing a misfire because of your spark plugs from the excessive revving but it never happened to me.

civicdrivr

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Ive had it once or twice only when spinning alot. It goes away after 20-30 seconds or so.