Q: Why would my car have a delay in acceleration in my 201 Acura CL
I step on the accelerator to go and it pulls back a lil and then I step on it agin and it wount respond then suddenly while steping on the accelerator to make it go it will pull back and suddenly acelorates on it own hard that u fell it like if some one pushed u forward from behind
My car has 1600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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