Why is my Element unable to exceed 69 miles per hour?
My 2007 Element with 167,000 miles on it began seriously bucking on a long
trip to Texas. The engine light was on steadily. Two persistent mechanics tried
everything and finally replaced the position throttle sensor (hope that's right,
I'm not mechanical as you can tell). The car ran very well and did not guzzle
the gas that it once did. However, now it goes to 69 on the interstate and no
more. When it hits 70 mph, it stops accelerating altogether and swings back to
60 mph. The Texas mechanics fixed it well enough to get me home to New
Orleans and I'm grateful to them forever. They mentioned that the new problem
may be the oil pressure sensor. Any thoughts, please?
