When driving (especially accelerating) our 09 Outlook down the road, it bogs down and shutters, and the check engine light blinks. I'm sure it's misfiring, maybe because a plugged fuel injector or bad gas(?). OnStar said they couldn't find any problems when performing a diagnostics check. It's going to the dealer tomorrow, for tire rotation, oil change, headlight recall, and now this, but I was wondering what it could possibly be, and if it means spending an arm and a leg. Thanks!
Vehicle Is a Peace of Crap! Drive it to a rock pile and leave it. When you fix this it will work for 2 months and some other sensor will go and the same thing will happen. I've been fighting this for years. Paid 11 grand for a 2009 Saturn Outlook only 4 years old at the time with 90 thousand miles on it. Spent over 10 grand fixing transmission, multiple sensors, coils, bearings, within 24 months of purchase. To date the car still miss fires on cylinder 3, looses power on acceleration, ABS light on, traction control light on, Check Engine light on, Brake light comes on and sometimes beeps (even though the brakes are under full pressure and always work) and
passenger air bag light comes on intermittently. The good news is the passenger air bag light will go off if you tell your passenger to put more wait on their left butt cheek.
It is shocking to me that society allows GM engineers to design an Auto braking system when they can't even build a seat belt that works (buy the way all the seat belts have been replaced multiple times on our Saturn Outlook and three of them still don't work).
GM is a disgrace to American Engineering and I would not trust them to build a Fly-Swatter. I have driven in Multiple GM vehicles for my job over the last 12 months and it turns out every vehicle accept for one the dash looks like a Christmas tree of warning lights.
When GM says "Like a Rock" they mean it literally... your vehicle will move like a rock. The best way to fix your problem is to drive the piece of crap to a junk yard and go buy a Honda or Toyota.