Hesitant acceleration

Asked by Curtis Mar 21, 2023 at 05:39 PM about the 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Around 30mph and then around 69mph, the vehicle

would hesitate, stutter, to accelerate but if I give it

more gas, it goes smooth.  Same thing around 60

mph.  Steady foot in the accelerator and it stutters,  

When it start to stutter, if I give it more gas, no

hesitation.

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307,475

Gene answered about a year ago

TPS signal erratic, relay chatter, grounding issues for the sensors, crank and or cam sensors signal misread. I recommend you have the vehicle live data scanned.

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Ed92626 answered about a year ago

When an engine stutters or hesitates to accelerate, it's mostly due to just being out of tune with worn out plugs and dirty injectors. This often begins as you're experiencing, hesitation then corrected when given more gas. The engine's just running lean on its own. A good tune- up is in order, and maybe check the mass airflow sensor (MAF/MAS). It might also be a malfunctioning O2 sensor. These will likely turn on the CEL

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