97 honda crv stutters

Joined: Feb 02, 2007 Posts: 2

I have a 97 crv and a year ago it started stuttering when I hit the gas...but not all the time. I took it to the shop and they said it was my ignition module $600 to fix..the minute I left it still did it so I took it back and they said they just had to reset the computer. It was fine for a couple of months then did it again...took it back and they said it was bad gas...$225 to clean injectors.....then it did it again...I took it to different places and they all want $120 just to look at it and put it on the scope. It is worse when the air conditioning is on. It doesnt do it if I use cruise control..only when I go to speed up or go up hill.....any ideas.....I feel like I am getting the run around.

External Since: Dec 12, 2004 Posts: 49

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:25:11 GMT, mandi wrote:

>I have a 97 crv and a year ago it started stuttering when I hit the
>gas...but not all the time. I took it to the shop and they said it was
>my ignition module $600 to fix..the minute I left it still did it so I
>took it back and they said they just had to reset the computer. It was
>fine for a couple of months then did it again...took it back and they
>said it was bad gas...$225 to clean injectors.....then it did it
>again...I took it to different places and they all want $120 just to
>look at it and put it on the scope. It is worse when the air
>conditioning is on. It doesnt do it if I use cruise control..only when
>I go to speed up or go up hill.....any ideas.....I feel like I am
>getting the run around.

check the valve clearance. if it's very tight on the exhaust side you
need a new cylinder head. there is a service bulletin on this. notice
it's a bulletin and not a so called secret recall!
Chip