# 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Hesitant Throttle & Slow Acceleration

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo-hesitant-throttle-slow-acceleration/6431>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo-hesitant-throttle-slow-acceleration/6431 "2007-10-25T20:19:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![deepball2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@deepball2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/deepball2)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo-hesitant-throttle-slow-acceleration/6431/1 "2007-10-25T20:19:35Z")

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Hey Fellas,  
  
 I have a JGC and over the last two week i have been having a throttle problem. It takes 3-5 cranks to get started and when it starts and i put it in drive, it hesitates and slowly accelerates, its even jumpy. Any Ideas. I think it is bad gasoline. I filled it up two weeks ago from a place I already had bad gas problems with, and i replaced the fuel filter, spark plugs, rebuilt and cleaned the throttle body. Anyone else have these problems? it cost $50 to fill up and i only put one gasoline treatment in it, should i put more in? thanks everyone  
  
 This is my first jeep grand cherokee and i love it so far. i just hope i dont have to install a new fuel pump

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo-hesitant-throttle-slow-acceleration/6431/2 "2007-10-25T23:14:15Z")

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Bad gas gets blamed for lots of stuff. I seriously doubt if your problem is due to bad gas.

I’d be more inclined to suspect more normal things like a bad temp sensor. With that your engine wouldn’t know it’s cold and would have a hard time starting and accelerating. Does it improve when the engine warms up?

There’s a bunch of other possibilities too, like a weak fuel pump or bad pressure regulator. Or even a plugged cat converter. I’m sure others will add ideas.

Has the computer been scanned for stored codes?