Elantra HD (2006-10) :: Engine Stuttering Between 20 - 50 Mph
May 15, 2015
2008 elantra, 57,500 miles (~92,500 kilometers)
While lightly accelerating or maintaining speed anywhere in the 20-50mph (30-80kph) range there's a slight jumpy or stuttering feeling. It feels like it's coming from the engine. It's not violent. Passengers don't notice. But it definitely doesn't feel right. It's kind of like a small succession of shakes that I can feel through the pedal. I've been trying to play with it to see when it does it. If you accelerate quickly through this range it won't do it and it actually feels really smooth. Outside of this range is also pretty smooth regardless of how quickly you accelerate. However if you accelerate slowly or just maintain speed or let your foot off the gas and lightly resume acceleration at any point in this range, the stuttering intermittently happens.
This is pretty annoying as 20-50mph is the speed I'm driving at most of the time (city/suburban driving).
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