Jerky Acceleration problem

[djronw3]

Hi all i have a VW passt 98 1.8t its a good car great for the family but i have a very jerky acceleration problem, it is worse when cold and slightly better when warmed up. when i start the car it idels then when i try to accelerate it is very jerky and will not give me more then 5000 revs.
if u leave the car out of gear and put ur foot down the revs go up to 4 or 5 thousand tops and the goes back down and up again. it can be dangerous as sometime u get scared to pull out onto a road and not have enough power to get up to speed quickly.

plz anyone help me!

[passat1.8T]

Hi all i have a VW passt 98 1.8t its a good car great for the family but i have a very jerky acceleration problem, it is worse when cold and slightly better when warmed up. when i start the car it idels then when i try to accelerate it is very jerky and will not give me more then 5000 revs.
if u leave the car out of gear and put ur foot down the revs go up to 4 or 5 thousand tops and the goes back down and up again. it can be dangerous as sometime u get scared to pull out onto a road and not have enough power to get up to speed quickly.

plz anyone help me!

Dunno if it is any help but i had the same problem on a Vectra i had, The EML (engine management light) Was on and that ment the ECU was running the emergency get you home mode, If your light is on i recon thats whats hapening

[md1980]

thats what you call limp mode. To be far i would get ur self booked in to vw and get it on the computer to see if they can find the fault unless you have vagcom or you know some 1 with it ?

[auiron]

Hi all i have a VW passt 98 1.8t its a good car great for the family but i have a very jerky acceleration problem, it is worse when cold and slightly better when warmed up. when i start the car it idels then when i try to accelerate it is very jerky and will not give me more then 5000 revs.
if u leave the car out of gear and put ur foot down the revs go up to 4 or 5 thousand tops and the goes back down and up again. it can be dangerous as sometime u get scared to pull out onto a road and not have enough power to get up to speed quickly.

plz anyone help me!

This website may help: http://www.2carpros.com/first_things...gine_light.htm