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Old Apr 22, 2002 | 09:27 AM
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Hi all

At times when I jam the peddle to the metal my 98 automatic almost seems to stall out! I will let up and then press down gentler on the accelerator again
and she will take off. Why the hesitation? The other day I took off out of a parking lot onto a major four lane highway, the car jumped out and hesitated with traffic barreling down on me. Pressed on the accelerator again and was off but what a scare! Anyone have this happen? And any answers to this? THANKS!
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Old Apr 22, 2002 | 09:39 AM
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Do you have Active Handling and if so do you get any message on the DIC when it happens. To me it sounds like the AHS gets activated.

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Old Apr 22, 2002 | 01:00 PM
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If you're moving across some uneven surfaces under power (like onto the street from a parking lot), the traction control can kick in sometimes.
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Old Apr 22, 2002 | 01:18 PM
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sounds like traction control is kicking in had this happen to me a couple of times when slamming it and changing lanes. Also you dont mention if you are feathering the brakes a little bit , if you are and T/C and ActHand are on the engine will stutter a lil under load(power braking isn't possible with tc on, this includes competitive mode) Hope this helps! :seeya :chevy
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