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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 10:07 AM
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Acceleration issue

i was driving my ml350 last night and hit a big pot hole and thats when my acceleration on the car started to give me issue it would take a few seconds before it response. So i parked the car turned it off and turnn it back on and the check engine light appeared. Now the car will take like 2 seconds to accelerate. Got home woke up this morning still the same issue. is there anything i can do without seeing my expensive mechanic and if not what should he be telling me
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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i was driving my ml350 last night and hit a big pot hole and thats when my acceleration on the car started to give me issue it would take a few seconds before it response. So i parked the car turned it off and turnn it back on and the check engine light appeared. Now the car will take like 2 seconds to accelerate. Got home woke up this morning still the same issue. is there anything i can do without seeing my expensive mechanic and if not what should he be telling me
If you have access (or know someone who does) to a code reader you can see what codes your car throws. If you don't have this option available to you your best bet is a mechanic to do this for you. Some places will read the codes for you for free.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 11:07 AM
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thank you but what would the codes determine i'm sorry not really familiar with that just know how to drive lol
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 12:01 PM
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When the Check Engine Light or CEL goes off, most any car today will send an error code to the car computer which contains a code for what problem set off the CEL. These are kept in memory for a while and can be read easily. Often a mechanic knows exactly what part failed and should be replaced or repaired.
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