Q: I got a 2004 Isuzu Rodeo V6 3.5 L I got it it came on on the dash what is that

asked by on February 01, 2018

for a couple weeks my car was running really bad like it was missing so I tuned it up I put a new fuel filter in it and other filters that I needed to and all of a sudden out of nowhere the reduced power light came on on my Dash now I have no hardly any power in my car at all I don't know what to do , I had my catalytic converter checked and they said it was okay I'm just don't know what to do with it

My car has 140000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

You will need to have the computer scanned to get the stored codes so you can isolate the cause of system going to reduced power. This can be caused by several different causes and need the test to find the problem.

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