loses power while accelerating

Asked by kdizzle Apr 07, 2010 at 09:14 PM about the 1997 Jeep Wrangler SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When driving from a stop car seems to be fine but as the RPM's climb and press harder on the pedal the car
faulters/stumbles, in which it will not accelerate, making me back off of the pedal to slowly(very slowly)
accerate

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Brian answered 14 years ago

If it's a manual, I would guess at a clutch... if it's burned up, it would slip when accelerating harder.

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GuruD6VMT answered 6 years ago

If you don't mind me asking, what was done to fix the problem.. I'm having the same issue

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steveland84 answered 3 years ago

im having the same issue. go to pull out on the road and put the pedal to the metal and it sounds like im hauling ass but im getting more rev then actual accelleration. i tried replacing the 10amp fuse for the tcm and it work only momentarly. but is right back todoing the same thing all bark and no bite.. following to help me also

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