Weird incident on the way to work this morning...

[jtalef]

On the freeway this morning I was cruising about 65 mph and getting ready to pass someone. I hit the throttle and ... ... ... nothing. It was like the Jeep was stuck in gear and wouldn't downshift. Hmm... then the check engine light flashed twice. I let off the throttle and then re-applied throttle and the Jeep downshifted properly and passed.

My first guess is a dirty throttle body but, I cleaned it out at 30K, I'm at 51K now, maybe it's due?

Other thoughts? I'm not too concerned about it since the Jeep operated fine the rest of the way to work.

Oh, the strangest part of this whole incident though was the night prior I had a dream that my Liberty had a "bad motherboard" and the dealer said it would cost $5,327 to fix it... ha ha. :-s

 

[jfortier777]

I had a dream that my Liberty had a "bad motherboard" and the dealer said it would cost $5,327 to fix it... ha ha. :-s

That sounds exactly like something a dealer would do too! :^o :^o

 

[grogiefrog]

Hopefully you won't have that dream come true!

When was the last time you had the transmission fluid changed? Autos are actually new to me... my two Jeeps are the first Autos I've owned.

Also, see if you can get the codes off it (see the link in the How To thread).

 

[JeepJeepster]

Maybe it had to fart? It was flashing to tell you to wait for it to come out, then everything was ok. \/