"Stuart S. Berr" <berr@virginia.edu> wrote in message news:<cfgl6k$lbd$1@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>...
> It does happen as the car is shifting between gears (maybe it is mosre
> like 3 seconds). A burned out clutch pad sounds like it might be it.
> Does the transmission have to be replaced to fix this? How dangerous is
> it to drive (my wife and kids are taking it on a 500 mile trip Sat)?
>


more likely to be an egr issue, unplug it and drive it and see if the
problem is still there. one trip shouldn't set a code.
Chip