Why does our daughter's 2004 Kia seem to be in neutral on occasion when in Drive?

Asked by TH1964 Mar 23, 2013 at 12:48 PM about the 2004 Kia Spectra EX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Driving down a street today, and it seemed like it was in Neutral when I accelerated. Let my foot off the pedal and then it was fine. Did this 3x in a mile.

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migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago

Perhaps the transmission mount has been comprimized, (diagonal tear, rot) these aren't too expensive to replace if this is the cause...go see it poked at with a screwdriver by an experienced hand...take it in. You know now that it ain't gonna be but around $50 for the part-

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