1997 Pontiac Sunfire "car jerks idling" Questions

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my 97 sunfire idles fine but when you get on the gas it jerks & jumps if you push it to the floor it dies.? my 97 sunfire idles fine but when you get on the gas it just jerks and jumps if you push

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...jerks when taking off fromn a stop light. Hi and welcome to FixYa! You definitely have a faulty MAF (mass air flow) sensor. The MAF controls the idle of the car that when it's faulty an erratic idle ...

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...accelerating no jerking but jerks when descelerating and idling...replaced leads,plugs and distributor module , still the same... Have you cleaned the throttle body and the idle speed control

have changed spark plugs,wires, pcv valve,air filter,oil filter rough idle and when driving it jerks,and when i stop idle up and jerks forward There are a few things it could be. A broken or cracked ...

...car when it jerks in drive jerks when? moving the shift lever. with hand? moving car. in gear,name the gear, drive, L or reverse? jerks from, 1 to 2nd gear, 2nd to 3? or ? (or when IT down shifts) ...

car jerks while sitting idle at stop light while sitting and idling the car jerks like it is missing it feels as if it might shut off. Soujnds like your throttle positioning sensor is going bad. This ...

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car jerks when driving Toyota Corolla 2000 160I GLE While we are driving the car jerks and it wont idle. We already replaced the petrol filter and the spark plugs was fine for 3days now its back to ...

Why does it have high idle and jerks when I turn my A/C on? I would first clean out the throttle body. If it gets dirty the IAC valve (idle air control) can stick causing high idle. The jerk when the ...

...jerks while idling with a/c on and in drive while car is in drive but stopped with a/c on the car begins to jerk. It doesn't jerk when a/c off or while driving, just while sitting idle. What could be ...

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...idling and driving While driving the car will start to **** and sometimes die if you don't give it more acceleration. It will sometimes do the jerking motion when idling. When driving and it does the ...

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