Posted on Dec 13, 2008

Not accelerating when stepping on the gas

I have a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee and last night upon driving I stepped on the gas and the car did not accelerate.
We had been driving for about 5 minutes prior, so it wasn't right away.
It would eventually jump and start going again, but sometimes it didn't and we would just coast as far as we could go until it kicked in again.
If we pulled over, shut it off and restarted it, it seemed to work fine for about 20 seconds.
Any thoughts?

Anonymous May 11, 2010

Two things, It could be a fuel regulator or a plugged Catalatic converter or muffler. Give me feed back if you fixed this issue

Thank you

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Throttle position sensor would cause this. Is there a check engine light

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