I have a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo (only 175K miles) that had developed a new problem that I've never seen. I am hoping it's as simple as a vacuum leak and not a transmission that's about to go south.
It has an automatic transmission, but last week it was acting (in town driving) like I had my foot partially on the (imaginary) clutch. The car would move but acelleration was anemic to the max. When I got home, the first thing I did was to check the ATF level, and it was good. The next day I had to run an errand and it drove fine. In fact, it drove fine for the next few days. Then yesterday, on the freeway (70MPH), it would surge, for lack of a better word. The RPM's were steady but it was like I was tapping on the (imaginary) clutch. I slowed to 65 and the issue lessened a lot. Got to our destination, did our shopping then drove home. No more problems. Today, on the freeway again- no problems.
So, experts. Transmission or vacuum leak?
It has an automatic transmission, but last week it was acting (in town driving) like I had my foot partially on the (imaginary) clutch. The car would move but acelleration was anemic to the max. When I got home, the first thing I did was to check the ATF level, and it was good. The next day I had to run an errand and it drove fine. In fact, it drove fine for the next few days. Then yesterday, on the freeway (70MPH), it would surge, for lack of a better word. The RPM's were steady but it was like I was tapping on the (imaginary) clutch. I slowed to 65 and the issue lessened a lot. Got to our destination, did our shopping then drove home. No more problems. Today, on the freeway again- no problems.
So, experts. Transmission or vacuum leak?
