# 2007 Honda Civic doesn't take off well from dead stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** civic-cpe, honda\ **Created:** [June 9, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-civic-doesnt-take-off-well-from-dead-stop/165513 "2020-06-09T02:18:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justin\_weaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justin\_weaver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/justin_weaver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-civic-doesnt-take-off-well-from-dead-stop/165513/1 "2020-06-09T02:18:39Z")
My Civic doesn’t take off well from a dead stop. Either the whole car shakes and almost stalls (sometimes does stall) or you have to slip the clutch to get it going. Is it because the transmission isn’t geared right, or because it doesn’t have enough bottom end power to get going. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-civic-doesnt-take-off-well-from-dead-stop/165513/2 "2020-06-09T11:25:01Z")
Is the Check Engine Light lit-up? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-honda-civic-doesnt-take-off-well-from-dead-stop/165513/3 "2020-06-09T13:15:20Z")
> [@justin\_weaver](#): > > Is it because the transmission isn’t geared right, or because it doesn’t have enough bottom end power to get going. Neither. How long have you owned it? Is this a new problem?