Hi
My sister-in-law has a 2013 Corolla with 95,000 miles. She says it runs on 2 cylinders. She believes this because back in 2015 she had an engine light checked out at an auto part store and they told her it's running on 2 cylinders. She also says at that time it wasn't starting. She took it to a university's mechanic school and they gave her a new air filter. She says it improved. She hasn't changed the air filter since then and believes it still runs on 2 cylinders because it wasn't worked on. They've only done oil and fluid changes at those economy oil change places. She does say it slow at accelerating, but then it is a Corolla. I'm going to look over their filter when I visit tomorrow. Any thoughts of what it could actually be?
a car running on 2 cylinders would be chugging pretty hard, and barely derivable, so I'm skeptical that anybody would drive a car like that for 6 years.
If the check engine light is, then start by getting that scanned.
That's what I'm thinking. It doesn't sound possible. I'm wondering why an auto part store will say something close to that. There is no engine check light on. Any thoughts on why they would originally say that?
to sell her some parts/service? just dimwits? who knows.
When you get the car give it a once over. Check the obvious things. Use your common sense.
air filter, spark plugs etc.