A new issue to worry about
A new issue to worry about
I was driving on the highway just now, 2500rpm in 5th. Pushed on the gas a little to pass the car in front of me. As I turned into the next lane and got on the gas, the car misfired and the dash flashed CHECK with a ! in a triangle. Then it went away a second later. Felt like I just lost power for an instant, enough to make it feel like I hit the car that I was passing. But I thought it was weird that it gave me a warning just saying check, and it didn't say what to check. No CEL, no warning lights, and everything appears fine now.
What do I check?!?!?!?
Stupid
What do I check?!?!?!?
Stupid
You can stop now.
Like there weren't a ton of threads like this when the VIII came out. I remember it, because they were happening to me.
I am so tired of deleting posts just like these that do not contribute to the forum at all. Didn't Speedlimit tell you to stay put in that one thread? It fits, since all you want to do is bring up little jabs like this against the X in every thread you can find.
I would not recommend doing it again. Check PM. Anything you need regarding that topic is stickied at the top of the X forums.
No, its nothing like the PO300 code. That was a hard code. The only reason people think this is a PO300 is because VIII owners were plagued with them and because he used "misfire" in the first post. If you read his description more closely and own an X, you'll know exactly what happened.
No, not at all.
This is what happens when people who know absolutely nothing about an Evo X run amuck with your thread and fill in the blanks with whatever the heck they can make up. Its like gossip spreading when the first person says "The mail came today" and the fifth person says "The mailman came in today, slept with your wife, killed your dog, and burned your house down. I wouldn't go home if I were you!" Its beyond ridiculous.
You do NOT have a PO300 random cylinder misfire. Why? The issue that caused the PO300 in the VIII and IX has been rectified in the X. And you don't have a hard code.
Did you run over uneven pavement for a moment? Was it wet outside? What you most likely had if you did not receive a CEL engine or the SES code (CAN systems have two code methods) was a momentary intervention of the traction control. Nothing more, nothing less. The triangle with the explanation point was Mitsu's caution illumination and their version of "check control". It was letting you know that the car did not have perfect traction for a moment for some reason. If you don't want to ever see that code or feel that cut again, press the ASC button once and defeat electronic throttle cut to the ASC.
If you want to replicate it, drive spirited in the rain or come into a safe corner a bit too hot. Its fairly easy to make it intervene if the traction nannies are all turned on (default).
Like there weren't a ton of threads like this when the VIII came out. I remember it, because they were happening to me.
I am so tired of deleting posts just like these that do not contribute to the forum at all. Didn't Speedlimit tell you to stay put in that one thread? It fits, since all you want to do is bring up little jabs like this against the X in every thread you can find.
I would not recommend doing it again. Check PM. Anything you need regarding that topic is stickied at the top of the X forums.
No, its nothing like the PO300 code. That was a hard code. The only reason people think this is a PO300 is because VIII owners were plagued with them and because he used "misfire" in the first post. If you read his description more closely and own an X, you'll know exactly what happened.
This is what happens when people who know absolutely nothing about an Evo X run amuck with your thread and fill in the blanks with whatever the heck they can make up. Its like gossip spreading when the first person says "The mail came today" and the fifth person says "The mailman came in today, slept with your wife, killed your dog, and burned your house down. I wouldn't go home if I were you!" Its beyond ridiculous.
You do NOT have a PO300 random cylinder misfire. Why? The issue that caused the PO300 in the VIII and IX has been rectified in the X. And you don't have a hard code.
Did you run over uneven pavement for a moment? Was it wet outside? What you most likely had if you did not receive a CEL engine or the SES code (CAN systems have two code methods) was a momentary intervention of the traction control. Nothing more, nothing less. The triangle with the explanation point was Mitsu's caution illumination and their version of "check control". It was letting you know that the car did not have perfect traction for a moment for some reason. If you don't want to ever see that code or feel that cut again, press the ASC button once and defeat electronic throttle cut to the ASC.
If you want to replicate it, drive spirited in the rain or come into a safe corner a bit too hot. Its fairly easy to make it intervene if the traction nannies are all turned on (default).
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Did you run over uneven pavement for a moment? Was it wet outside? What you most likely had if you did not receive a CEL engine or the SES code (CAN systems have two code methods) was a momentary intervention of the traction control. Nothing more, nothing less. The triangle with the explanation point was Mitsu's caution illumination and their version of "check control". It was letting you know that the car did not have perfect traction for a moment for some reason. If you don't want to ever see that code or feel that cut again, press the ASC button once and defeat electronic throttle cut to the ASC.
If you want to replicate it, drive spirited in the rain or come into a safe corner a bit too hot. Its fairly easy to make it intervene if the traction nannies are all turned on (default).
If you want to replicate it, drive spirited in the rain or come into a safe corner a bit too hot. Its fairly easy to make it intervene if the traction nannies are all turned on (default).
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Maybe it was trying to tell you to not go WOT in 5th gear? That creats a VERY high load on the engine...could be some sortof protection program to help prolong engine life.
Never know what these engineers are thinking! LOL
Never know what these engineers are thinking! LOL
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I had a similar thing go down on my moms BMW one time. It flashed CEL, cut power on me then all was good a half-second later. Anything controlled by a computer can have a random dust-up. Even the most BA computers might hiccup every once in a while for no real reason. I'd go with the the car trying to say "calm it on down" or simply perhaps a minor glitch in it. Weird stuff happens.
Im wondering if it was cold and he simply might have hit boost/fuel cut? Even when the car is still stock, and can hit fuel cut for a split second. 5th gear at wot to simply pass (lower rpm's) puts a lot of load on the motor with boost. So it could possibly have hit fuel cut??
Nah, I think I might have found it.
Mike, turn your manual to page 3-188. Until I read your very last post, I did not realize you had the giant check triangle.
There is a thread on here about an adjustment the techs are supposed to do when they PDI the car for the timing chain.
Take in your manual and show them this page. They might have forgotten to set the initial chain spec in the ECU.
Obviously, your car is brand new and there is no way there is any wear on the timing chain. Get the dealer to test and program the ECU properly for the location of the chain, and you should not have to deal with this anymore.
Mike, turn your manual to page 3-188. Until I read your very last post, I did not realize you had the giant check triangle.
There is a thread on here about an adjustment the techs are supposed to do when they PDI the car for the timing chain.
Take in your manual and show them this page. They might have forgotten to set the initial chain spec in the ECU.
Obviously, your car is brand new and there is no way there is any wear on the timing chain. Get the dealer to test and program the ECU properly for the location of the chain, and you should not have to deal with this anymore.
I believe Buschur posted something similar to this on the X they had. You may want to do a search but I recall something quite similar about 1-2 weeks ago that was brought up.
Nah, I think I might have found it.
Mike, turn your manual to page 3-188. Until I read your very last post, I did not realize you had the giant check triangle.
There is a thread on here about an adjustment the techs are supposed to do when they PDI the car for the timing chain.
Take in your manual and show them this page. They might have forgotten to set the initial chain spec in the ECU.
Obviously, your car is brand new and there is no way there is any wear on the timing chain. Get the dealer to test and program the ECU properly for the location of the chain, and you should not have to deal with this anymore.
Mike, turn your manual to page 3-188. Until I read your very last post, I did not realize you had the giant check triangle.
There is a thread on here about an adjustment the techs are supposed to do when they PDI the car for the timing chain.
Take in your manual and show them this page. They might have forgotten to set the initial chain spec in the ECU.
Obviously, your car is brand new and there is no way there is any wear on the timing chain. Get the dealer to test and program the ECU properly for the location of the chain, and you should not have to deal with this anymore.
Last edited by mikebutler; Apr 12, 2008 at 02:32 PM.
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