Not sure what's happening

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Like everyone always say, you all have are the most knowledeable crew when it comes to Boxster maintanence. So I would love some of your opinions on what's going on with my baby.

I bought my boxster in March and have never had any problems with it. I have a 2000 (non S) with 46k miles.

When I was driving home from work yesterday (about 3 miles) and as I accelerating out of a stop all of a sudden it seemed like the clutch wasn't engaged...I'm sorry I can't explain it any better than that. I immediatley pushed in the clutch and my dashboard lit up like Vegas!! Almost every light on the dash lit up. The car never died. I attempted to put in back into gear right away and it seemed a little jumpy to me. So I coasted in neutral for about 20 seconds and put it back into 2nd and it was fine for the ride home.

About 20 minutes after I got safely home, I jumped into the car to head to the gym...and this time it did the same thing except it happened about a block from my house. This time I shut off the car and tried to re-start. It took a few tries but it fired up again but I was too nervous to actually drive to the gym, so I took her back home. And she's been in the garage ever since.

I've read through so many posts now trying to find something similar. I'm thinking maybe it's an air flow problem. I'm hoping that it's not a clutch problem, but the though has crossed my mind.

I appologize for the long post, but I need a starting off point so I can drive my baby again.

My fiance is thinking it might be a vacuum leak somewhere but I'm not so sure.

Any help you can give is greatly appreciated!!!\


~Melisa

[Brucelee]

This is a good one.

Suggest you PM Doc Willen, he is known as the PorscheDoc.

He might have an idea.

Good luck.

[MNBoxster]

Hi,

If you're not sure what's happening - DON'T DRIVE THE CAR, DON'T START THE CAR! STEP AWAY FROM THE BOXSTER! until you have it checked by a competent mechanic!

I don't want to be alarmist, but your symptoms do not sound good. It would be too difficult to make a long-distance diagnosis based on your post. Then again, it could be something minor, which I hope it is.

The main thing is not to compound it by driving it. If your timing jumped or something broke, you could destroy the engine, so have it towed in and let them look at it. Hope this helps...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Brucelee]

Good advice Jim!

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No worries. The car hasn't been touched since the problem began. I'm not taking any chances here.

I'm just praying that it is in fact something minor!!

[PorscheDoc]

Sounds like the car is going into limp mode. I would get it to a dealer asap and get the pending codes read.