Q: Random hesitation when starting. Pressing on the gas petal hard seems to help.
My car has a hard time starting sometimes. The problem just started and seems to happen after I've been driving it. Stepping on the gas petal seems to help.
My car has 167000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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