# 2011 Chevrolet Cruze doesn’t want to increase speed on takeoff

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, cruze\
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560 "2018-06-21T01:41:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Viola1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Viola1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Viola1)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560/1 "2018-06-21T01:41:37Z")

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Car seems to not want to increase speed when taking off. I4 transmission. It this normal on these cars?

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560/2 "2018-06-21T15:29:14Z")

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No. If it doesn’t perform as it did when new, something needs diagnosis and repair.

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560/3 "2018-06-22T02:44:57Z")

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When was the last time that the transmission was serviced???

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560/4 "2018-06-22T02:49:25Z")

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Does the engine rpm increase when that happens? This is a conventional automatic transmission right?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-cruze-doesn-t-want-to-increase-speed-on-takeoff/119560/5 "2018-06-22T02:55:40Z")

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Your vehicle has a drive-by-wire throttle system.

This means of instead of having a throttle cable between the throttle pedal and the throttle body, there’s an accelerator pedal position sensor  
[https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8606144&cc=1446774&jsn=517](https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8606144&cc=1446774&jsn=517)  
which tells the computer how far to open the electronic throttle body.  
[https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=3257697&cc=1446774&jsn=429](https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=3257697&cc=1446774&jsn=429)

That’s the area I would look at.

Tester