Thread: Reduced Power warning for Transaxle

I just the Reduced Engine Power warning while driving on normal roads yesterday and now its at the mechanics. How serious is that is it does it all time and then shuts off after 5 minutes of driving whether im stationary or not?

What octane fuel did you recently fill up with?

when the maf went bad on my gmc 03 pick up the engine went into reduced power, it only idled tho, just so you could still stop and steer.

did the cel come on?

Yeah the CEL is on constantly and I JUST had the trans fluid replaced by a mechanic. Ive been running 93 octane for months now.

Ever think that the CEL might have something to do with this?

Yeah but the CEL doesnt just come on for no reason, there is a cause and I want to know if the cause is major or minor

There can be more than one code stored. Have it scanned.

Its in the shop as we speak I was wondering if you all had any clue what could trip it.

could be any thing, that's why we have a scanner port, and a cel light, so we can figure out whats wrong.

Next time don't be so ignorant, and just pretend it's not on. If you would have had the codes scanned you could have saved yourself some money.

Originally Posted by NegativeOne13

Next time don't be so ignorant, and just pretend it's not on. If you would have had the codes scanned you could have saved yourself some money.

Hard to pretend its not on when my car wont go faster than 25mph and then shuts off on a major road leaving me with no power steering or brakes. And what the hell do you think its doing at the mechanics now? Try, getting the code checked? God people like you piss me off for thinking Im stupid when my car completely shuts down. All I asked for was help on what could cause the transaxle issue warning (be it a lose connection or my trans is about to turn into a bomb.)

Without a code, there is usually too much to consider to try and guess at it. Which is why we asked.

As for the brakes and steering. You still have both when the car stalls, you don't have any power assist though. Flex a little muscle and you can still steer and stop. Usually in a stall situation the adrenaline will give you the abilty to do both.

Hope it's an easy repair.

Haha thats exactly what I did when it died, turned into the Hulk. And I hope so too. Day 3 at the shop and hopefully Ill find out what happens today

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Without a code, there is usually too much to consider to try and guess at it. Which is why we asked.

As for the brakes and steering. You still have both when the car stalls, you don't have any power assist though. Flex a little muscle and you can still steer and stop. Usually in a stall situation the adrenaline will give you the abilty to do both.

Hope it's an easy repair.

I had the dealer run all the codes wrong with it. Its a grocery list...