"Catching" when accelerating. Safe?
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My car is at 93,000 miles (not too high right) but lately i have noticed hesitation on acceleration. The (pardon me I know very little about cars so i don't know the vernacular) thing which has numbers on it that i was told to keep between a 1-2, when driving goes all the way between 3-4 just to get to 40mph. It is kinda scary when trying to merge on the highway and i can't speed up. There has been lots of rain and flooding on the roads and i am wondering if this could be water damage of some sort. Any guidance would be much appreciated thanks.
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Has your CVT oil been change when the MM tells you to? CVT may not be shifting down soon enough causing engine to hesitate? Only guessing here!
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H
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H
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Harold thanks for responding. The oil well, I have it serviced at the dealer and I assume they are keeping up with that but the last time I felt anything like this is when I had the CVT replaced. A manufactor error I guess, so Honda replaced the whole thing at no cost. But maybe it could be the CVT again. I am a little worried about highway driving now because I live in Massachusetts (we are not known for our graciousness while driving) and when you merge into traffic you better pick up the pace. I was even coming off a side street friday night i took my foot off the break and was going to turn onto the main street and it was so scary because i pressed the gas and nothing happened other than nudging slightly forward because the break was off. Thank goodness the traffic wasn't too bad. If it had occurred during a heavier volume of traffic there definetly would have been an accident.
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I suppose a number of things could cause this type of response IE -Spark plugs, eight in all. dirty injectors, EGC valve dirty, and so on. I would have it checked out ritak7 just for peace of mind. They can plug in and make sure everything is functioning AOK. I would suspect the CVT. 3 gts. of oil will satisfy your mind one way or the other?![Teeth](https://electricvehicleforums.com/forums/images/smilies/emotikons/teeth.gif)
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H
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H
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03-27-2008 08:39 AM
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