car bucking and jercking when accelarated

112,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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11NISSAN09
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Car Starts & Idles fine but when put in gear it starts to jerk & buck
Nov 17, 2019 at 8:18 PM
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Hello,

It sounds like the engine is misfiring have you done a tune up lately? Can you please shoot a quick video with your phone so we can see what's going on? that would be great. You can upload it here with your response. That way I can tell for sure. Here are two guides to help us fix the problem:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-misfires-or-runs-rough

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-tune-up-a-car-engine

Please run down these guides and report back.
Nov 19, 2019 at 2:18 AM
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