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My car jerks really hard and doesnt accelerate

My 2000 Ford Escort jerks really hard and doesnt accelerate when going up a steep hill. Other than this it runs fine, and only has 60k miles on it. can sombody please help help me out? Im a girl and know nothing about cars other than somthing isnt right! and will it cost me an arm and leg to fix it?

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Does it **** whike driving or just when ur changing gears?? do u have overdrive? going up a steep hill is going to be tough for a little motor anyway if u have o/d take it off overdrive before u start climbing the hill this will help u there if its some thing that just started happening let me know heres me email [removed by staff] if u feel comfortable plz email me here

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