Malfunction light on, car won't go over 5 mph

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toebridge
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18,000 miles on a 2010 Kizashi SE with CVT. Malfunction light came on and the car won't go over 5 mph. (Goes faster in reverse) Got it towed home today from Buffalo NY to VA and ready to tow it to the dealer 85 miles away. Any thoughts? Thanks
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KuroNekko
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Sounds like it went into Limp Mode which is a mode that some cars will go into when there is a critical sensor or electronic component failure. It's basically so you can get the car to a safe place, but it will prevent you from driving the car to minimize damage.
My guess is that a sensor went bad. If not that, some other critical electrical component.
This should be covered under the powertrain warranty.
Please keep us posted on it. Thanks.
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sx4rocious
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I always thought limp mode locked it on 3rd gear or something. I would think it would do better than 5mph. That alone can be extrememly dangerous depending on where it happened!
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murcod
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I'm guessing you don't have access to an OBDII scanner? It would be interesting to see what codes are logged.

Good luck and keep the updates coming. :)
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Woodie
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toebridge wrote:Got it towed home today from Buffalo NY to VA and ready to tow it to the dealer 85 miles away. Any thoughts?
Yes, my thought is ouch.
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LPSISRL
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Yup, agree that it's either a sensor or something major went wrong with the tranny. What kind of revs were you getting while going only 5 mph? Since there's no "gear" to lock into in a CVT, I'm not sure how the limp mode works. I imagine the pulleys simply both lock in a particular position. I think if the hydraulics failed that squeezes the pulley on the power side (engine) it would have the belt riding very low on the pulley giving a very high ratio and hence not much speed. That's just a guess though. I would think that even in that situation you'd be able to get more than 5 mph out of it.
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toebridge
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Got it to the dealer - Transmission is shot - under warranty- time to get rid of it -
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KuroNekko
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toebridge wrote:Got it to the dealer - Transmission is shot - under warranty- time to get rid of it -
So you plan to get the transmission replaced under warranty and then sell the car once that's done?
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bootymac
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Yet another CVT failure...
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krell
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Wheels peeling, cvt failure and lousy gas mileage what the hell did i get into when i only got a few months to retire.
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