I'll try and explain this as best as possible.

Its a 2001 Honda Civic LX.

Just Recently my Check Engine light came on after I had been going around 100-120 on the highway as I was in an extreme rush because my wife was going into labor and I was trying to get to the hospital ASAP.

As some point during that time the Light came on.

At the time I noticed nothing wrong and at first I figured it was because I needed to get my oil changed. (Been about 5,000 miles) The next morning I started the car and went about a mile and all of a sudden my car started vibrating and making weird noises and would not accelerate like normal. (At first I thought my transmission was going down the tubes) and after a couple seconds it stopped and did not have any problems the rest of the trip.

When I start the car later again...I was letting it warm up and after a minute or so it did the same vibrating and weird noises. I immediatly turned the car off and then back on and it went away and did not happen again...

UNTIL..

I later turned my car back on...Its like a repeat cycle. When my car is off for a period longer than an hour it does it almost everytime and I have to wait, Turn the car off and back on and then Im fine.

I got my oil changed earlier today hoping that would fix it and it appeared it did as the first time I turned my car on it did not do it. But the 2nd and 3rd times...It did.

Any Ideas what might be wrong?

 

Anyone? I'd rather fix the problem myself rather than having to take it to a mechanic to figure out what is wrong and charge me an arm and a leg. :-/

 

take it to autozone and have them check the check engine light. That should get you going in the right direction