Couldn't Pass 4k RPMs

[1NasteeEp]

I'm new to ephatch.com, and wow this is a great site compared to others! But on with my question....

I was driving along in 4th gear and was approaching an exit, I take the exit and slow my speed. I begin to downshift into 3rd gear and slow down, as I reaccelerate I notice that car starts to stutter(around 4k rpms)so I slow back down...Wondering whats going wrong? I get back up to 4k and it does the same thing(Ex: As if I was redlining??).
It was late at night so I couldnt take my car to Honda, and also I was on my way to work. So one thing that sucked was driving about 60-65mph in 5th gear.
I had a check engine light all night long and into the overnight(I was hoping it would stay on so I could get an engine code when I took it to Honda-But NO it shuts off on the way to Honda....Errrrr!)

So when I'm at Honda.....They say....Probably a misfire or the rev limiter picked up? Dunno why though.....And to say that was the 2nd time that this happened

What could this be? Thanks ephatch members

[GatorBait.]

Oil level is low. I've seen the problem on here before and most of the time, it is because of the oil level.

[Tenacious G]

yeah, you're ECU has gone into limp mode, like GiacA4 said, likely because of low oil levels. try a search for "limp mode" and see what results you get.

[Gasp23]

I agree with you both. I think it's just a low Oil level. Check your Oil and refill as needed.

The EP3 has been known to take some oil in the begining months.

[1NasteeEp]

Thanks for the information, I'm checking that now. My oil was just changed at 5k and I'm at 8k now....Hope its something minor. Oh I did a search, oops....Looks like many people posted the same thing. after thorough reading......Its something minor

Thanks again!:)

[03silverEP]

if you're car is new, check the oil more than every 5,xxx miles, it will burn some for a while, I think I burned 1/2 qt. every 1500 miles until 8,000-10,000 miles