So I was driving around last night, and was the only car on the road. I was getting kinda bored so for some fun I put the pedal to the floor. A second or so after that my CEL came on. There are no noticeable problems with the performance of the car. What do you think could be wrong with it?

 

Um, how about What are you driving?
Maybe try checking your codes??
Autozine does it for free

 

Its a 1999 civic ex coupe.

I had no idea that autozone would do that. Ill def get them to do that in the morning.

 

See attached for a list of OBD II codes.

 

Autozone will also tell you about what your certain CEL code means.

 

So I went to autozone and they gave me the code. It was P1259, which is VTEC malfunction. They didn't know what the cause of this could be. Do any of y'all know?

 

Is your engine oil level low?

 

I changed the oil about ~2.5k-3k miles ago. You think that could be the problem?

 

I really doubt it. How about now take it somewhere and get it checked out.

 

If your car is burning oil at all, and the level has gone down, it is possible that there is not enough oil making the trip up to the VTEC solenoid. Check your oil level and go from there.