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Check Engine Light, Gear Skip and idle issue

15Peppers

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Hi Guys,
Today while I was driving home. As I accelerated to pass a car, my stinger felt like it was skipping gears. It would accelerate and then lose acceleration for a second and pick it up again (as if I was letting off the gas over and over). Then the check engine light went on and as I was coming to a stop, the whole car was rattling and felt like it was going to stall if I let off the gas.

I was about a block away from home. So when I got got there. I put the car in park and the idling continued to feel like it was gonna stall. I shut the engine off, checked to make sure no fluids were leaking, popped the hood and looked around for anything lose and everything looked fine. I restarted the car and everything was back to normal.

Has anyone had anything similar Happen?

I already had an appointment scheduled for Monday for an oil change (it's at 1500 miles). I will have them check on this issue, but I just wondered if anyone had any issues like this.

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My car did that the other day pulling onto the freeway, it only did it a couple of times. Sence that day it hasn't hesitated or anything on acceleration. I was told that with a chip hooked up that it will sometimes mess with the cars ECU, now if that's true or not I don't know. If you don't have a chip it sounds like a ECU or a sensor problem, be that your check engine light came on the dealership can find out what that code is. Tell us what happens...(y)
 
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Yeah, no chip hooked up. So I'm hoping the dealership will be able to give me a reason.

I'll make sure to update...
 
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My car did that the other day pulling onto the freeway, it only did it a couple of times. Sence that day it hasn't hesitated or anything on acceleration. I was told that with a chip hooked up that it will sometimes mess with the cars ECU, now if that's true or not I don't know. If you don't have a chip it sounds like a ECU or a sensor problem, be that your check engine light came on the dealership can find out what that code is. Tell us what happens...(y)
Alright, I just got the call back from the dealership. The issue is the ignition coils. They will be replacing all 6 ignition coils. Looking up bad ignition coils comes up with the symptoms I was experiencing (Acceleration wasn't normal, misfire causing loss of power and jerking sensation, and rough idling which was causing the rough vibrations).
 

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That's good to know, there has been to couple people on Instagram that had the same problem. I glad everything was fixed, at least dealership replaced all of them....(y)
 

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Glad it got fixed
 

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Good to hear they got you all taken care of.
 
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Exact same thing happened to me! About a month ago a CEL came on indicating spark plug 5 was misfiring. Dealership fixed no problem. Two weeks ago I had the exact same symptoms you had but this time no CEL. Dealership called Kia tech line and they said to replace all 6 coil packs and spark plugs. The bill came out to right under 1k but it was covered under warranty!
 
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Exact same thing happened to me! About a month ago a CEL came on indicating spark plug 5 was misfiring. Dealership fixed no problem. Two weeks ago I had the exact same symptoms you had but this time no CEL. Dealership called Kia tech line and they said to replace all 6 coil packs and spark plugs. The bill came out to right under 1k but it was covered under warranty!
Oh man, thank the car gods for warranty. Still a pain you had to deal with the issue twice. I hope it's the right fix and it doesn't happen again.

I've been reading a lot on the coil issue and it seems to be one of the most common issues with the Stinger. 🤷‍♂️
 

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