you should have your engine scanned for codes by a shop and havethem run a freeze frame to see if anything is picked up.

Answered by hmac300 (expert)
17,714 answers provided

I was hoping to get an opinion on what might be going on based on the issue before taking it in. If it sounds like a bad transmission its not worth the money.

Response from tjw01
1 question asked

Usually when the engine light flashes it mean's the engine is miss firing so bad that it could damage the cat on the exhaust pipe.You need to get the code's read to see what's going on like hmac300 suggested you could just have a sensor issue causing the problem.You wouldn't want to scrap the car over that.Even if i was there to test drive it i still would need to scan it for code's to get some idea of what's going on.Take your car to a auto part's store like auto zone and have them scan the code's for free.Post the code number's not what the code's mean and we can go from there.

Answered by saturntech9 (expert)
23,148 answers provided