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Why does my car hesitate when opening the throttle?

Why does my car hesitate when opening the throttle?

This will result in the engine’s computer probably not adding enough fuel, due to the missing or inaccurate input of one of these sensors, it can causing misfire due the fuel mixture going to lean, so when opening or accelerating the throttle will produces a stumble or hesitation.

Can a fuel trim adjustment cause throttle hesitation?

Fuel trim adjustments can compensate for dirty injectors and/or low fuel pressure to a certain extent; but occur too slowly to offset a throttle hesitation problem. Repairs will depend on what is causing the hesitation. If the cause is fuel related, it may require cleaning the fuel injectors or fixing a vacuum leak.

What causes a car to hesitate during acceleration?

The Most Common Causes of Hesitation: 1 Bad throttle position sensor 2 Ignition system problem 3 Fuel system problem 4 Vacuum leak 5 Bad accelerator system (carburetor models)

What does it mean when your engine hesitates?

Some call this momentary loss of power “stumbling,” though this more accurately refers to an engine missing or jerking without losing power. Other components or systems can generate hesitation problems as well, although not as often. Regardless of the system causing the problem, your engine is dealing with one of two basic issues:

This will result in the engine’s computer probably not adding enough fuel, due to the missing or inaccurate input of one of these sensors, it can causing misfire due the fuel mixture going to lean, so when opening or accelerating the throttle will produces a stumble or hesitation.

Why does my engine hesitate at low speeds?

Often, this happens at low speeds. Some call this momentary loss of power “stumbling,” though this more accurately refers to an engine missing or jerking without losing power. The Most Common Causes of Hesitation: Bad throttle position sensor

What does it mean when your car hesitates to accelerate?

Hesitation is when the engine stumbles, misfire or when you step on the throttle or you accelerate it lacks of power.

Fuel trim adjustments can compensate for dirty injectors and/or low fuel pressure to a certain extent; but occur too slowly to offset a throttle hesitation problem. Repairs will depend on what is causing the hesitation. If the cause is fuel related, it may require cleaning the fuel injectors or fixing a vacuum leak.

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Ruth Doyle