Explanation #1: A Problem in the Fuel System. One of the most common causes of a sputtering engine is an issue with the vehicle’s fuel system—the filter, pump, and injectors. These three critical components work together to ensure fuel flows smoothly from the fuel tank to your engine’s fuel injectors, and then pumps into the engine evenly. shazanger Discussion starter. 33 posts · Joined 2009. #1 · Dec 11, 2009 (Edited) My 1985 300D is having some issues accelerating up hill. I can accelerate when going below 50mph, though it very slow. Once I go above 50mph up hill, it stays pretty steady and struggles. If I am over 60mph, the car will gradually slow down. 75 posts · Joined 2013. #1 · Oct 24, 2021. Hello folks; My 2012 Focus SE with 122000 miles recently started to act weird as sometimes when i go uphill or when i try to accelerate from a low speed, i can feel the engine hesitating and jerking as if it's cannot gain power to go. No check engine light or any other issues.. Here are the codes I got, both current and stored: P246364 Soot content of the dpf not ok. There is an implausible signal. P246385 (or P246388, can't read my handwriting) soot content not ok, there is a signal above the permissible limit value. Also these: P303231. 9100 can bus-fault, stored. 2001 W220 Mercedes S320cdi & 2001 W208 CLK230K (SORN since 2008) I have an S320cdi and when I got the EL POWER CONTROL message, it turned out to be the sensor on my accelerator pedal, after replacing the whole pedal assembly with a used one it solved the problem. my 2002 sprinter shuts off an it wont start again until it cools offf my 2002 mercedez benz sprinter 3500hc starts and once it warms up it turns off and it wont start again until it cool off sometimes 6 to 10 hours. Be the first to answer Jun 18, 2012 • 2002 Dodge Sprinter. I bought a 2003 c230 Kompressor coupe 1.8litre 4 cylinder. I've only had the car for six months, purchased it used with 70,000kms. I have to say the car is in mint condition inside and out and runs smooth until now. My question is, recently I'm noticing that the car will hesitate or sputter when I accelerate from 1st gear to 2nd and then 3rd. on November 17, 2016. Several months back my car was experiencing sputtering, weak acceleration (in the lower gears) and poor power and undesirable fuel economy. So I replaced the spark plugs and this helped for a few months and then recently the issue cropped again so I replaced the ignition coil and this helped marginally, the sputtering isn .

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