# 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - Hesitation only on start up

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-chevrolet-silverado-1500-hesitation-only-on-start-up/175421>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet\
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-chevrolet-silverado-1500-hesitation-only-on-start-up/175421 "2021-02-24T22:00:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![turbo321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@turbo321](https://community.cartalk.com/u/turbo321)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-chevrolet-silverado-1500-hesitation-only-on-start-up/175421/1 "2021-02-24T22:00:25Z")

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hesitation and jerking on take off then ok

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-chevrolet-silverado-1500-hesitation-only-on-start-up/175421/2 "2021-02-25T01:21:00Z")

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Is the engine not revving or is it revving but the truck isn’t going anywhere? The first could be a number of things, the second is probably transmission related. Is the check engine light on?