Q: SUV lost power and unresponsive

asked by on July 26, 2016

My SUV has 114,000 miles. It suddenly lost power and it was almost unresponsive yesterday. I tried 3-4 times to shift into reverse, as I was trying to back into our drive. It was a few months ago when this problem first occurred, while we were out-of-town, at that time. When this happens, we have to pull off the road, highway, street, etc., turn off the car for a while, then try to restart in order to have enough power to finish the drive.

The dealership replaced a camshaft solenoid magnet. We don’t feel safe in our SUV any more and we feel that this problem is so dangerous that we’re not taking the vehicle on any long drives or out-of-town. What is your diagnosis and how to solve this problem?

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