2003 CLIO SPORT 172 JERKING INTERMITTENTLY

[ry1988]

HI WONDER IF ANY ONE CAN HELP ME THATS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE CLIO SPORT 172 HAS WHAT I'M HAVING AND MANAGE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM

FIRST OF ALL IVE ONLY JUST BOUGHT THE CAR WHEN I WENT TO LOOK AT THE CAR THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT LIGHT WAS ON, TEST DROVE IT AND IT DROVE PERFECT, SO PURCHASED HAS THE CAR WAS AT THE RIGHT MONEY, THEN A HOUR OR TWO DOWN THE LINE THE CAR STARTS JERKING AND HOLDING BACK WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, SO I GOT MY MECHANIC FRIEND TO PUT IT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE THEN IT CAME UP WITH THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR SO IVE REPLACED THIS WITH A GENUINE RENAULT PART THEN THE CARS STILL THE SAME, VERY CONFUSED AT THIS POINT CAN ANY ONE HELP ME PLEASE BE MUCH APPRECIATED THANKS

 

[coxxy]

i had a problem like this a while ago. when you put your foot down it would lose power as if it was gonna stall then all of a sudden it would kick back into life and off again. turned out to be the lambda sensor, hoe this helps.

 

[rob_sri]

yeah lambda sensor on mines fooked and it does this..