# 2008 Buick Enclave hesitates when accelerating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-buick-enclave-hesitates-when-accelerating/134176>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** enclave, buick\
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-buick-enclave-hesitates-when-accelerating/134176 "2019-02-07T20:54:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Don17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Don17](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don17)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-buick-enclave-hesitates-when-accelerating/134176/1 "2019-02-07T20:54:19Z")

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What to do about an engine hesitation on acceleration?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-buick-enclave-hesitates-when-accelerating/134176/2 "2019-02-07T22:36:14Z")

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Is the check engine light on? How many miles on your Enclave? Have you taken it in for service of this problem?

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-buick-enclave-hesitates-when-accelerating/134176/3 "2019-02-08T03:13:44Z")

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bad mass air flow sensor is one possibility

But there are many possibilities

We need much more information, please

I’m going to assume the check engine light is on . . .

What codes do you have?