alright.. i first noticed it earlier this afternoon on my way home from school.. when accelerating or trying to maintain a certain speed, usually when going up a hill, my car feels like it has trouble.. like it kicks or something and then starts going again.. it may happen a few times in succession before it actually stops the "kicking" for a bit.. im not pushing the car when it happens.. usually the rpms are around 1500 and the speed range ive been going when its happening is from around 40-55.. does anyone in here have any sort of idea as to what the problem could be?? i have super bald tires on the back that are about to be changed but i dont think id lose traction that easily.. + wouldnt the light on my dash come up about loss of traction? ne help would be greatly appreciated :-/
02 3.8l .. Some sort of mechanical trouble
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alright.. i first noticed it earlier this afternoon on my way home from school.. when accelerating or trying to maintain a certain speed, usually when going up a hill, my car feels like it has trouble.. like it kicks or something and then starts going again.. it may happen a few times in succession before it actually stops the "kicking" for a bit.. im not pushing the car when it happens.. usually the rpms are around 1500 and the speed range ive been going when its happening is from around 40-55.. does anyone in here have any sort of idea as to what the problem could be?? i have super bald tires on the back that are about to be changed but i dont think id lose traction that easily.. + wouldnt the light on my dash come up about loss of traction? ne help would be greatly appreciated :-/
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Get your trans fluid checked and flushed, and changed if it will make you feel better, but for our cars going from 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to second is a noticble shift if your just driving casually or if your driving fast. Personally I think your fine with it.
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could be a result of a missfire or a clog fuel injector, i had the problem awhile back with my 94 v6 manuel, go to autozone and buy Lucas tune up in a botte/fuel injector cleaner dump it in a full gas tank if its a cloged injector that could be ur problem, if it is going kick then kinda bucks for a lil might be a misfire check ur spark plugs and spark plug wires doub its ur tranny shifting but its a possibility
could be a result of a missfire or a clog fuel injector, i had the problem awhile back with my 94 v6 manuel, go to autozone and buy Lucas tune up in a botte/fuel injector cleaner dump it in a full gas tank if its a cloged injector that could be ur problem, if it is going kick then kinda bucks for a lil might be a misfire check ur spark plugs and spark plug wires doub its ur tranny shifting but its a possibility
mine does that too u know what it is? my tranny is up and down shifting depending on my throttle position and how much of a grade my car is on and relative to the rpm range its in. i thought it was weird too but its normal i just never noticed it before because my other cars were all 5 speed. man i miss my 5 speed. no one in Ontario with a lazer red 01 5 speed willing to trade? lol
well if its slipping then lucas will fix itwhtpny said:
i know cuz like i stated before the only reason my very first sunfire ran (my only other auto car) was cuz the lucas tranny fix and oil treatment cus i hit a raccoon in it and ****ed the tranny some how cuz it would hard shift slip and act all erratic but the lucas fixed it.
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well go to autozone and have them check it out there'll be able to tell u if ur misfiring if not try the lucas worked for me awhile back
well go to autozone and have them check it out there'll be able to tell u if ur misfiring if not try the lucas worked for me awhile back
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I have a V6 that did the same thing, i just changes the plugs and air filter and as far as i can tell it stoped, if you have Bosch Platnum plugs GET RID OF THEM thats what the previous owner had in my car and they sucked both power and mileage. I just put in autolite platinum plugs i did it today i will drive it more and i'll see what the difference is, now the biggest difference i notice it the power, and it doesnt sputter off the line. Depending on how hard you drive the car i was told NOT to use the bosch but the autolite will be fine as long as you dont drive it like you stole it.
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