Was driving the vehicle at 70mph on the freeway. a "thunk" sound occurred and the car began decelerating rapidly despite pressing down on the gas pedal. check engine light turned on and the car continued to decelerate. cabin filled with a small amount of smoke. came to a complete stop and the car would no longer accelerate at all. turned the car off and then on to get it the final 100 feet to a gas station. parked and the car smelled like smoke/burning in the cabin and the engine compartment. turned off the ...
While driving at 60mph on freeway, vehicle lost engine power without warning and was no longer responsive to gas pedal. not enough time to maneuver out of traffic. first occurred 2 weeks after new vehicle purchase. out of service for 15 days then returned to owner after software update. same problem occurred again 3 months later, driving on freeway at 60mph. has currently been out of service for 19 days. dealership service department has ordered new power inverter module (hybrid motor). *bf.. *tr
Driving on interstate when the car basically lost forward drive in the middle of the highway. was in traffic, going approximately 5mph with the adaptive cruise control on, braked for slowing traffic and on trying to re-accelerate got no power. and drifted slowly to a stop while trying to re-engage drive. vehicle is phev, was running on battery with plenty of charge at the time and plenty of gas for hybrid gas engine backup, but neither provided power. tried unsuccessfully to turn the car off, restart, reset, etc., but nothing worked despite power to dash electronics. was ...
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