07 R/L Misfire should I have it checked?

[ku4zs]

My 07 r/l has a misfire yesturday when I was coming home from work. It was raining hard and I had just turned onto a side road when the check engine light started blinking. I immediately pulled over and when I did I noticed the engine sputtered. Turned off the car and called onstar. They said to crank it so they could check what code was listed. Said it was a misfire.

I have had this car misfire before, but it was a long time ago. This is the first time it has done this in a while, and it drove home just fine. Last time, saturn said they found a loose plug cable and replaced it. Should I bother having saturn check it out? Or will they just clear the code and send me on my way? The dealership is an hour away and I would hate to waste the gas if the trip won't be worthwhile. What do you guys think?

[GaryH]

I'd get it checked. It may something minor. Or not. Even if they "just clear the code and send you on your way", at least you have a record of the problem.

[BSRL]

You got your right after I got mine. Did you ever get the plugs replaced? The older RLs came with the wrong plugs. Mine use to misfire until I had them replaced.

[ku4zs]

Originally Posted by BSRL

You got your right after I got mine. Did you ever get the plugs replaced? The older RLs came with the wrong plugs. Mine use to misfire until I had them replaced.

It has the newer plugs in it. I had them replace them way back when... when it was misfiring every morning at startup. That didn't correct the misfire, but I wanted the new plugs in there anyway. I will call Augusta and see when I can bring it in for the checkup.

[ictdave]

Driving home through very hard rain. Had several instances of a misfire and Onstar was able to confirm this. By the time they examined the car remotely the misfires had stopped. I took it to the dealer under warranty, they cleared the code, and reported no fault found. I suspect the rain may have had something to do with it. It has never misfired since then.