Hello I posted yesterday but I think it failed. So I will try again.
I have a 2002 with a 2.2 Eco tech . It has been a great car. The only issue it's ever had was the security failure but I replaced the ignition switch and fixed it. But the other day I drove to town and noticed that it was down shifting a few times more than normal.
We went to Walmart and shopped for a hour or so came out and started the car and it died right away
So I did the same thing when it wouldn't start over the security failure and it started but the Trac off light came on. And it was misfiring. I drove home and it was dogging down took forever to get up to 45mph but after that it would get to 60 mph really quick shift into overdrive and and start dogging down till it down shifted and zip back to 60 mph and start dogging down again continued this all the way home and it used a excessive amount of gas. About a quarter tank for a 9 Mile trip. Any help would be great.
I am on a fixed income so I hope to fix this myself.