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[911Redline]

its -2 celcius here in Ottawa... so like 31-30 F.

took the car out, started ok... went to local drive through... waiting for my coffee, the car's idle goes crazy rough, i had to keep it at 3000 rpm to keep the engine running (rough as hell - misfire ??)... it finally sputteres and dies.. (while i am pullin out of drive through) restart, give it gas, same thing, no power at all... i had to crank it 5 times to pull out of drivrethrough, checked under hood, foul smell of something burnt... like when electronics burn out good, smell of a resistor going... that type of smell... outside and inside the car... car towed to dealer where I bought it... wait n see I guess...

its an 05 redline with 1500 KM's on it, bone stock, how rude!

any insight gurus?

[dL_RL]

Originally Posted by 911Redline

its -2 celcius here in Ottawa... so like 31-30 F.

took the car out, started ok... went to local drive through... waiting for my coffee, the car's idle goes crazy rough, i had to keep it at 3000 rpm to keep the engine running (rough as hell - misfire ??)... it finally sputteres and dies.. (while i am pullin out of drive through) restart, give it gas, same thing, no power at all... i had to crank it 5 times to pull out of drivrethrough, checked under hood, foul smell of something burnt... like when electronics burn out good, smell of a resistor going... that type of smell... outside and inside the car... car towed to dealer where I bought it... wait n see I guess...

its an 05 redline with 1500 KM's on it, bone stock, how rude!

any insight gurus?

You may need this reflash that fixes cold weather issues. It's a rather old reflash and surprised you didnt have it on your car..

[911Redline]

got the car back, it was a reflash that was needed....

Fiye Dollar for DL's trouble shootin skillz!!!

lol

[Freakazoid]

that's something you can probably blame on the dealership that sold you the car ;p

[Sp00ner]

Good call... seems they should have done that already... odd...

[jpapa]

Mine did something very similar a couple days ago (cold here too). It hasn't done it before, but I was stopped at a light and it started to idle real rough and low. I kept it sitting there seeing if it would die, but it didn't. When I started giving it gas to move, the engine was turning real rough, like it was misfiring. I didn't know what was going on, but I gave it some extra throttle when I started moving, and above 3k, there was no power at all. It just hit a wall and stayed there. I pulled over, turned the car off, restarted it after a minute, and it was fine.
This kind of reminded me of what happens with the bad cam sensor when I first got it in February, but not exactly the same. I was gonna make a thread about it, but only if it happened again. If it happens again, to the dealer we go. I know people have been having issues like this, but I don't remember this exact thing happening to anyone, where it just hits a wall at 3k rpms.
We'll see if it happens again though. I don't drive my car everyday, and it has 1/4 tank of gas in it, so maybe these have something to do with it.

[911Redline]

Originally Posted by Sp00ner

Good call... seems they should have done that already... odd...

No crap bro

J: Get ur car i nthe garage before u have to call Roadside and I am sure u need that updated reflash

[911Redline]

TTT well its been pretty much exacly a week... and guess what ... same thing again.... good thing I was close to home I had to limp it in... will call a tow 2morrow.... anything blow 3000 RPM and it stalls out had to keep semi-reving it to make it home.... this is getting lame

[911Redline]

update: Apparently the spark plugs were wrongly gapped from the factory.... new plugs in, gapped proprely... what a PITA... wil lreport at alter date once the car has been running a while... my plugs were black and almost had no points left on them, brutal

[911Redline]

feel like I am talking to myself on this...

but it did it again and I dropped it off at the dealership..

any1 have any clue on GM buyback?