Hello all. I was literally a stoplight away from work when this happened.
I was behind a Kia Soul and I was just looking at the rear end of it when the light went green. Realizing I was in neutral I quickly shifted into 1st but it felt weird (kind of like the reverse gear) so I pulled out and put it in 1st just to be sure. Then suddenly SES light comes on and the car is vibrating. Power was virtually gone ( I know these cars don't have much low RPM torque but this was bad..) I was accelerating but it felt like it was struggling. The clutch pedal had subtle but somewhat very noticeable vibration. I nursed it to the parking lot of my work (~1/4 mile from the stoplight where this happened) and parked it. Shut it off and turned it back on. No SES light but still a rough idle. The exhaust was making a pulsing sound and it was deep sounding coming from the rear (put my head near it). Looked under the hood while it was running and everything seemed normal. Sounded like it always did. The motor was moving but that's normal with idle. No NOTICEABLE leaks. I revved it to ~3k and it sounded like it had a hard time getting there. The car has never had any mechanical problems since I've had it except for a water pump that I replaced 2 months ago. My gas light is on but I was plannig to fill up after work and its never done this before when the gas light comes on (usually fill up at 1/4 tank anyway). Car is bone stock. What's going on? Injectors? Spark plugs? Filter/s?
Thanks
I was behind a Kia Soul and I was just looking at the rear end of it when the light went green. Realizing I was in neutral I quickly shifted into 1st but it felt weird (kind of like the reverse gear) so I pulled out and put it in 1st just to be sure. Then suddenly SES light comes on and the car is vibrating. Power was virtually gone ( I know these cars don't have much low RPM torque but this was bad..) I was accelerating but it felt like it was struggling. The clutch pedal had subtle but somewhat very noticeable vibration. I nursed it to the parking lot of my work (~1/4 mile from the stoplight where this happened) and parked it. Shut it off and turned it back on. No SES light but still a rough idle. The exhaust was making a pulsing sound and it was deep sounding coming from the rear (put my head near it). Looked under the hood while it was running and everything seemed normal. Sounded like it always did. The motor was moving but that's normal with idle. No NOTICEABLE leaks. I revved it to ~3k and it sounded like it had a hard time getting there. The car has never had any mechanical problems since I've had it except for a water pump that I replaced 2 months ago. My gas light is on but I was plannig to fill up after work and its never done this before when the gas light comes on (usually fill up at 1/4 tank anyway). Car is bone stock. What's going on? Injectors? Spark plugs? Filter/s?
Thanks