Any help or advice would be appreciated.
2 weeks ago my Wife's mitsubishi outlander phev heater system stopped working, basically no heat coming through, so we took the car to our local mechanic who said there's a possibility the heater matrix is not working, but later that day he phoned us back and said it looks like its the heater matrix valve was the problem and replaced it, and that the heater was now working fine.
We went to pick the car up later that day from the garage and the heater was back to normal as promised.
Then the following day when she went out in the car she phoned me to say the car as just stopped working.
The car was fully charged and had half of tank of fuel so that eliminated fuel problems, she said the throttle peddle felt strange just before it happened and it switched from electric to engine power by its self just before loss of power, even though she presses the throttle peddle down there's no drive even though the engine is running.
So she switched the car off and waited and then the car works as normal for a couple of minutes and then it happens again, and when she repeated the process the same thing started to happen more frequently as she tried to get the car home.
We have managed to get the car back to the garage and he's done a full diagnostic and checked all the systems he can think of that may be affecting the car to act in this way and as now admitted that in his 20+ years of been a mechanic he can not find out why it is doing this, he's said that it keeps doing it to him while he's test driving it after performing different checks.
So as a recap the car starts OK and then drives OK for about 10 minutes and then there's a strange feeling in the throttle peddle as if there's a drop in power and then there's no power at all been delivered to the wheel or drive system.
Just before this happens the car switches from electric to engine.
When you switch the car off and restart minutes later the car will drive OK for a few minutes and then the same problem starts again and then gets more frequent.
Sorry for the long paragraphs but I'm trying to give as much info as possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
2 weeks ago my Wife's mitsubishi outlander phev heater system stopped working, basically no heat coming through, so we took the car to our local mechanic who said there's a possibility the heater matrix is not working, but later that day he phoned us back and said it looks like its the heater matrix valve was the problem and replaced it, and that the heater was now working fine.
We went to pick the car up later that day from the garage and the heater was back to normal as promised.
Then the following day when she went out in the car she phoned me to say the car as just stopped working.
The car was fully charged and had half of tank of fuel so that eliminated fuel problems, she said the throttle peddle felt strange just before it happened and it switched from electric to engine power by its self just before loss of power, even though she presses the throttle peddle down there's no drive even though the engine is running.
So she switched the car off and waited and then the car works as normal for a couple of minutes and then it happens again, and when she repeated the process the same thing started to happen more frequently as she tried to get the car home.
We have managed to get the car back to the garage and he's done a full diagnostic and checked all the systems he can think of that may be affecting the car to act in this way and as now admitted that in his 20+ years of been a mechanic he can not find out why it is doing this, he's said that it keeps doing it to him while he's test driving it after performing different checks.
So as a recap the car starts OK and then drives OK for about 10 minutes and then there's a strange feeling in the throttle peddle as if there's a drop in power and then there's no power at all been delivered to the wheel or drive system.
Just before this happens the car switches from electric to engine.
When you switch the car off and restart minutes later the car will drive OK for a few minutes and then the same problem starts again and then gets more frequent.
Sorry for the long paragraphs but I'm trying to give as much info as possible.
Any help would be appreciated.