Q: How do I find out why my car has a huge flat spot

asked by on August 29, 2016

Car starts,idles,drives fine,Until I push down on the accelerator.it hesitates until I take my foot off the Accelerator.then when I shut it off.its harder to start and when parked and idling I push down on the gas,it flattensout and I try to work through it to see if I can get passed the dead zone it starts to misfire.Can someone help me.

My car has 131 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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