"Engine Reduced Acceleration" error message

[Jjrho]

So, I just changed my oil at 950 miles n with car at 1010 miles and 3rd cat delete pipe n miltek valve ctrl installed, drove up the mountain, lake arrowhead. In so cal.... I did drive spirited....hitting redline a few times n hitting triple digits before corners, etc..

Any ways, the car suddenly shows the above message n the rpm gauge drops to 4k n I couldn't go any faster... the temp was 200 degrees n there was no other symptoms .... ambient temp was 101F ....

Went to the top of the month n stopped at a gas station n upon restart, still same issue, but since the car drove otherwise well , I went to the lake village and parked there and when I came back 3 hours later , the car started fine and RPM was allowed at full 6700... on the way down.... but the CEL was now on.... which I don't recall seeing on the way up ....I will read it tmrw n see what it says... if it's still On.....

What do you think guys ? Its like some limp mode or what ?!??

If this happens on a track day, it'd suck....

This car is fun but already too many "characters " ...

 

[CHEESE]

I got this error message once, and it was on a hot day (mid 90s (F)) with slow traffic, so I attributed it to that.

It's weird because the coolant temp never went over 200 degrees, which is the usual temp I see when sitting in traffic, so it's not like the engine would've been hotter than usual.

 

[Jjrho]

Yah, it was over 100F but coolant was at 200F as normal....

 

[Bulls-Vivid-Red]

Had the exact same issue happen to me last week, in Chicago traffic for well over an hour on super hot day. No CEL and everything cleared next time I drove the car. There are a number of people who have had this issue, some seem to be sensor related and others corelated to hot days:

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