When you press the gas, the car is supposed to go, not stop or slow to an uncomfortable crawl. Definitely makes you think twice about turning across traffic when you are uncertain if the vehicle is going to stall on you.
WILL BEGIN DRIVING, AND UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION,THERE WILL BE NO RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE. THERE IS NO SLIPPAGE OF TRANSMISSION, THERE IS NO MISFIRE FROM ENGINE. IT WILL LAST 2-5 SECONDS AT AN IDLE THEN IT WILL GO. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS IT DOES IT AS YOU ENTER TRAFFIC, SITTING AS THE ONCOMING CARS ARE DRIVING AT YOU. YOU CAN PUMP THE GAS PEDAL WITH NO RESPONSE THEN IT GOES.I WOULD SAY ITS IN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESPONSE . OF COURSE ITS INTERMITTENT, AND DIFFICULT FOR THE DEALER TO FIND, BUT SOMEONE ELSE MUST HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I'VE OWNED THIS CAR FOR 3 YEARS, LOVE IT BUT CAN'T LET MY WIFE DRIVE IT WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER FIRST TOLD ME IT WAS I WAS USING CHEAP GAS. AS I SAID, THE CAR DOESN'T MISFIRE - THERE IS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. I HAD IT IN 3 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, ITS BEEN GOING ON MOST OF THE 3 YEARS I'VE OWNED IT AND I'VE BEEN HOPING WHATEVER IT IS WOULD BREAK OR QUIT.
- Tim W.,
Portland, OR, US
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When you press the gas, the car is supposed to go, not stop or slow to an uncomfortable crawl. Definitely makes you think twice about turning across traffic when you are uncertain if the vehicle is going to stall on you.
- Charles B., Fayetteville, GA, US