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21 Jul 2009, 06:48 pm
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Acceleration problems
Yesterday, I was driving back on the interstate when I noticed that my PT Cruiser wasn't accelerating normally. It would get up to about 40-45mph alright but then would just barely work it's way up higher. I would have the pedal almost to the floor but there was very little happening. Usually, if I need to accelerate I can without any problems. I took it my local car repair guy today and he ran several tests and could find nothing wrong. He thinks that I might have gotten some bad gas, which could be the problem because earlier yesterday I had stopped to get about a quarter of a tank. I've put in some gas treatment in hopes of fixing the problem.
If it is a problem with the gas, how long until the gas treatment starts fixing it? And if it turns out to not be the gas, do you have any ideas what could be the problem? Thanks. Oh, and my Cruiser has 92k miles on it.     
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21 Jul 2009, 06:52 pm
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Re: Acceleration problems
When is last time you changed plugs and wires? Can't hurt...
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21 Jul 2009, 07:46 pm
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Re: Acceleration problems
Our 2002 PT started doing that and then just quit moving, towed to Dealer, it had to have the transmission rebuilt. I paid $100 deductible as it only had 47K on it. Soon after I traded it off for a 2006 Limited. Hope you have better luck!!!
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21 Jul 2009, 08:13 pm
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Re: Acceleration problems
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21 Jul 2009, 08:17 pm
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Re: Acceleration problems
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My stock wires started to act up before 20,000 miles, causing hesitation and missing...
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'05 Limited Turbo Lite, (Silver, of course)4-wheel ABS, Sunroof, Spoiler. Mods: E&G Classic grill, K&N FIPK, BTG duals, rear lowered 1.5", LED washer lights, $20 catch can, Aoogah horn, Weatherflectors, Sunroof Deflector, Fuzzy Dice, rear logo flames, rear pinstripe graphic, Gen3 Taillights, rear sway bar, hood struts, Strut bar. Traded in '02 Silver Touring Edition w/87,000 miles
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21 Jul 2009, 09:01 pm
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Re: Acceleration problems
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The wires I have on now don't have more than 15k miles on them at the most.
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22 Jul 2009, 06:00 am
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Re: Acceleration problems
I bought mine at 45k and while it wasn't running bad I went ahead and changed the plugs/wires because I didn't know the prior maintenance history.
For $50 and about 30 minutes of my time it was worth it and I saw an immediate improvement in acceleration. It still had the originals in it.
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2006 Limited, Auto, 55k miles Last edited by Travis2k7; 22 Jul 2009 at 06:04 am.
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22 Jul 2009, 06:43 am
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Re: Acceleration problems
How's it idle? If it's bad gas, I'd suspect idle would be erratic.
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