hmongshaa

my 01 civic is only reving up to 3000rpm when i drive it. it would seem to be redlining or something at 3000rpm. my check engine light isn't on, but was wondering what it could be? any help?

Harlowe

How long has it been since your last oil change? Sounds like your car is in limp mode. Change your oil and oil filter.

hmongshaa

i changed it a month and a half ago. does it matter if my oil is not changed or not? cause i change my oil ever 3 months or 3000 miles.

toyomatt84

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Try discharging your ECU by removing the positive battery cable from the battery. (Make sure you have your CODE for your stereo, otherwise it'll be locked out.) Let the cable sit off of the battery for about 10 minutes, then re-connect and see if the car will get past 3000 rpm's.

Bis

how many miles on your car...? did you install any after market parts? how did it happen...? did you just start it up one morning and it wouldn't go pass 3k? also, what part of fresno are you in? i may be able to take a look.


Modified by Bis at 2:23 PM 5/22/2008

hmongshaa

it's about 141xxx miles on there and no all my parts are stock no aftermarket stuff cause i'm poor college student lol. i started up one morning and drove it to my girlfriends house and when we went on the high way it just started acting up all gay like that. i live in the north side of fresno but i'm currently living in visalia again with my parents. but i'll try to discharge my ecu to see if it works or not. **** my car always have problems around this time of the year. i hate this car. lol. but my brother in law say it might be the rev limiter or something on there.

oddmut

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hmongshaa &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's about 141xxx miles on there and no all my parts are stock no aftermarket stuff cause i'm poor college student lol. i started up one morning and drove it to my girlfriends house and when we went on the high way it just started acting up all gay like that. i live in the north side of fresno but i'm currently living in visalia again with my parents. but i'll try to discharge my ecu to see if it works or not. **** my car always have problems around this time of the year. i hate this car. lol. but my brother in law say it might be the rev limiter or something on there.</TD></TR></TABLE>
lol. you think hondas have a lot of problems? hehe go buy something that's not a honda or toyota. lol. how about a mercedes?

Bis

bought my baby new. 120k mi already. no major problems yet. woot!

TL2498

Take it to your local auto parts store and ask them to hook it up to the obd2 code scanner (a free service at most stores). There is obviously something wrong that it causing the ECU to default to Limp Mode.

redciv01

it sounds like ur map sensor i diconected mine one day by accident and thats exactly happened