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I have a 2001 Insight CVT with 70k miles on it and I am 3rd owner. On my way to work one morning I start at the bottom of a tall hill from a dead stop pulling into 60mph traffic.
Using the seconded button on the RPM’s are around 4 to 5 thousand when I got to 60 almost at the top of the hill the gas engine bucks and stalls preceded by the check engine light? I pull over and the engine is still running so I try to go but now the engine will not go past 4 thousand RPM but I make it down the hill and to work. And on my way home the car runs fine? I had the code pulled and it was p1259 VTEC failure. Then I replaced the VTEC solenoid valve and oil pressure switch assembly and still have a problem (yes I checked the oil level). Any help please.
It’s fixed. After the original post that Monday me and my bother in law ran every test we could, except swapping with a known good ECU so off to the dealership. I took the mechanic for a test drive on the interstate showed him the problem told him what I had already done to the car. So the next day they call and said it’s fixed they had to reflash the ECU.
Using the seconded button on the RPM’s are around 4 to 5 thousand when I got to 60 almost at the top of the hill the gas engine bucks and stalls preceded by the check engine light? I pull over and the engine is still running so I try to go but now the engine will not go past 4 thousand RPM but I make it down the hill and to work. And on my way home the car runs fine? I had the code pulled and it was p1259 VTEC failure. Then I replaced the VTEC solenoid valve and oil pressure switch assembly and still have a problem (yes I checked the oil level). Any help please.
It’s fixed. After the original post that Monday me and my bother in law ran every test we could, except swapping with a known good ECU so off to the dealership. I took the mechanic for a test drive on the interstate showed him the problem told him what I had already done to the car. So the next day they call and said it’s fixed they had to reflash the ECU.