I have purchased a brand new Chevy 2003 Malibu that had 36 miles on it. I drive it 100 miles a day commuting to work. At a little over 2000 miles I was commuting to work when about three quarters of the way there the car died for no apparent reason. I had to pull it over to the side of the highway and let it sit for about five minutes. When I went to go again the car would start but not go any faster than 40. I pulled it over the second time and waited five minutes again. When I started it up the second time it went 65 for the rest of the trip to work. I brought it in that day to have the Chevy dealership check it out. They told me that the computer did not show any problems after 20 miles of driving. This is a long shot but is it possible to kill the engine by accidentily keeping my fingers on the cruise control and resume buttons for too long or in the wrong order. My question is can I kill my engine using some combination of cruise control and resume button. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Go to WWW.NHTSA.COM and click on “Problems & Issues” under the red car icon. Use the menus to get the run down on your Chevy for RECALLS and TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS. This site may or may not help, but if anyone else out there has been experiencing the same thing it may end up here.
As nutty as computers are these days I wouldn’t be surprised if you discovered something like the Mortal Kombat killing blow combination on your cruise control.
Sounds like something whacky happened to the timing for a while(WAG) but got corrected somehow (it will remanifest itself shortly after your warranty expires).