We have had this kid hauler since it has 10k miles on it, and for over 4 years, its been well taken care of, bought from a family friend and no issues - it gets pampered with 5k oil changes and 20k CVT services.
My wife was driving it a few days ago, it was raining, she stopped on a slight hill at a red light, when the light changes she accelerated, traction control came on as it usually does and then the car lost power and started to sound "like a honda civic with a can exhaust" (her words).
I went to pick them up, exhaust is intact, no rust, dents, scrapes or leaks, even the flex pipe sections are fine, no CEL or pending codes, we switched cars and I drove it home.
It certainly had less power, especially up hills, and it the left side of the engine sounds like it has a massive exhaust leak, yet there isnt one anywhere.
Before this happened, the car ran fine, i felt a bit of hesitation or slightly rough idle sometimes (so minor i dont think most people would notice) So I planned on doing the sparkplugs.
In the interest of getting the car back on the road I replaced the spark plugs, coil packs, both cam shaft sensors, air filter, cleaned the MAF- and I would say no difference- it might be a little smoother but its hard to tell with the exhaust noise. And still no CEL. All of the original parts looked fine, no surprises.
I ordered a new MAF to try out tomorrow as a few posts have pointed to that, but this has me stumped. The car has never had an issue, never been in an accident and has low (relatively speaking) miles.
If the Cats were plugged would that throw a code?
I never had any noise from the timing chain/guides but if the tensioner let it skip a tooth would that send a code? best way to check timing?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, my family relies on this card for moving our three kids around.
Thank you!
