2003 Pontiac Grand Am Accelerating issues

Tiny
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  • 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 107,000 MILES
Recently my car has had problems with accelerating. I'm afraid its my transmission which is usually really expensive to fix. When I accelerate after coming to a complete stop my car sometimes will hesitate. My RPM's will go up, but it takes my car a little bit to get going. It does accelerate just at a slower pace. I don't punch the gas or anything, and I think if I did it would accelerate faster but my RPM's will go up a lot, to like 4500 (i'm afraid of breaking something).

When I do try to accelerate at a normal speed the RPM's will get up to about 3000 and it gives my car a quick boost of energy and kind of jerks forward a little bit.

I don't know a whole lot about cars, but I noticed that my car hesitates more when my a/c is on, then when I shut it off, although it still does hesitate when it is off.
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 AT 10:54 AM

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Tiny
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Have you checked to make sure the trans fluid is full and clean? Has the check engine light come on?
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010 AT 12:56 AM
Tiny
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When I got my oil changed I had they check my transmission fluid and they said it looks good. No my check engine light has not come on.
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010 AT 7:28 AM
Tiny
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Does the trans seem like it is slipping or does it seem engine related?
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Friday, July 30th, 2010 AT 12:10 AM

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