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Old Dec 12, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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Well here is my problem, my garage queen is acting out of control. I finally started it two days ago after not being started for about a month or so, I put in drive and it took of like a bat outta hell. I try to put the brake and the car starts to jerk as if I were applying the brake and gas at the same time. I finally turned the car off and it was fine......What the hell could be wrong, any ideas???
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Old Dec 12, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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the only thing i can think of is if you have a vacuum leak or something. look at your brake booster hose and make sure it's not leaking.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:33 AM
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ur gas pedal isn't geting stuck to the carpet is it? has happened to me with my floormats but it didn't jerk alot.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:09 PM
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nope I didn't have any floor mats in at the time......It has done this to me before once but I didn't think it would happen again...
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:14 PM
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Check your throttle cables and TB blade and TB return spring...
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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yeah, definitely check your TB cable, my TB cable got stuck on my old 95 z28 A4, and I hit the back of an SUV and totalled it, broke my hip in the process. Now i'm saving up 1200 dollars for court fines and fees because of a malfunction in my car. My friends want me to sue GM, but i'm not going to, don't let it happen to you dude.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by slow94GT
yeah, definitely check your TB cable, my TB cable got stuck on my old 95 z28 A4, and I hit the back of an SUV and totalled it, broke my hip in the process. Now i'm saving up 1200 dollars for court fines and fees because of a malfunction in my car. My friends want me to sue GM, but i'm not going to, don't let it happen to you dude.
THAT SUCKS!!!
Glad your ok though....if i were you, i would definetly talk to a lawyer.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by slow94GT
yeah, definitely check your TB cable, my TB cable got stuck on my old 95 z28 A4, and I hit the back of an SUV and totalled it, broke my hip in the process. Now i'm saving up 1200 dollars for court fines and fees because of a malfunction in my car. My friends want me to sue GM, but i'm not going to, don't let it happen to you dude.
hope you made a full recovery from that, hips seem to be something that never go back to normal
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 05:45 AM
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Will do.....can't get to my car till SAT but the TB cable sounds like it could be the problem......
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 07:50 AM
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Yeah everything's ok, just sucks because I got blamed for all of it when it was basically my car's fault . I might still talk to a lawyer if I think I could win. Made a full recovery, but was on crutches for 2 months. It's all good now.
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