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Why while accelerating from a stop an automatic car would jerk as if stepping on the gas and letting go repeatedly?
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∙ 14y ago
Either you are low in Transmission Fluid or the transmission is slipping. Take it to a well qualified transmission repair facility.
Another possibility is the Throttle position sensor is bad. when the vehicle is off, locate it, it will be on the throttle on the other side of the housing from where the cable connects. you can unplug this and use an ohm meter to check I believe the outside terminals while opening the throttle slowly. If at any time its open the ohms increase or go over the limit then the switch is bad and it sends a closed throttle signal to the computer which cuts off the fuel supply to the engine which creates a bump feeling, or a jerking.
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