Q: SES light crack noise

asked by on September 08, 2016

I heard a loud crack from my car while driving today. I was accelerating at the time and the noise came from my engine. I needed to stop at the store and had parked for an hour or so. When I came back to it I got in and started it up. The Service Engine Soon light was on. On the way home I got very poor throttle response between second and third gear. All of a sudden the engine jerked forward and revved up on it’s own. In park the engine sputtered out and stalled. Could this be a High Pressure Fuel Pump problem? What do you think?

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