Does this only happens to me?!?!?!

[Martin McFly]

Ok, I start the car on Monday and everything is fine, I start going and I feel a little shake, didn't pay much attention to it. It rains for two days (I'm sure that has nothing to do with the issue but still felt like I should mention it) and now it feels like the transmission skips when it shifts to third gear. I freak out since I can't afford a mayor repair or a new car right now.
I took it to the mechanic today and we go for a ride so he can check it. Nothing, the car runs like a dream and he looks at me like "are you sure there is a problem with it" (we're friends too). I tell him that I'm not taking it back that I want him to give it a good check, he laughs. He calls me after a couple of hours and tells me that he can't find absolutely nothing, cables are fine, spark plugs are good, and a list of thing that were not wrong. He drove it again and there was no skipping.
It seems like when I take it to him all the problems just go away. Does this only happens to me or you have experienced something like it?
No, I'm not crazy or imagine things . My wife also noticed the skipping...

[DaveP63]

Two things come to mind depending on make and model...If it only does it when it's wet, does it start harder? If so, look at your distributor cap. There may be small cracks that allow moisture in. Look for carbon tracks and moisture beads in the cap. It will make it seem like it might be slipping when it's actually misfiring.

Number two, does it have some kind of traction/stability control system? If so, the ECU could be cutting in because it thinks it detects wheel spin.

[Martin McFly]

I'll print your reply and take it to the machanic. lol. He recommended a transmission service, everthing else is fine. Rain was gone by Wednesday and the "fix or repair daily" was still doing it.

[Cold]

Along the same lines as the traction control, my car, for a while, was randomly cutting to ABS as if I were sliding out of control. Turns out I had a bad wheelspeed sensor, so it thought that wheel was slipping.

Gotta love vehicles that are "smarter" than their owners...

[Martin McFly]

I'm going to sell that thing and I'm getting me a horse...

[Kerry Stratton]

I had a horse once and you won't like it in traffic.

[DG]

You think upkeep on a car is bad, wait until you feed and care for a horse for a year.

Get it diagnosed and fixed. Better than leaving you stranded in the middle of nowhere. I was out in the woods doing my thing yesterday and came across some gents from Mississippi who lost the transmission on their pickup, a LONG way from home and a lot of miles from the nearest Ford dealer. They were lucky that it is elk season and there are a lot of people around to rescue them, and had people looking for them since they were late.

[texfly]

I deal with this sort of thing every day at the dealership that I work at. Until your service guy can reproduce the problem , any repair will just be a guess. If your lucky enough to be near your local shop keep an eye on the vehicle as you drive it daily. If it starts to act up , whip into the shop , grab your service guy so he can see the problem in person. It's no alway's easy but it's the one way to be sure. Just my opinion.

[Sonny Edmonds]

Yes, it only happens to you.
All new comers to So. Cal. have stuff like this happen with the first rain.
Cars get used to the dry weather and don't know how to act when the streets get wet and slickery.

If it is a new car, why not take it to the dealer?

[CharlaineC]

welll this sounds like a found on road dead escort. i had the same issue and it was the tranny gaskits leaking water into the trany. the repair shop took months to finally find the porblem and fixed it wasent all that much if i can remember and she ran great for a while after till she finally died of who knows what a year later.