# 2014 Hyundai Elantra GT jerks and won’t pick up speed

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-hyundai-elantra-gt-jerks-and-won-t-pick-up-speed/165539>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, elantra\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-hyundai-elantra-gt-jerks-and-won-t-pick-up-speed/165539 "2020-06-09T20:01:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Pete\_sFamily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Pete\_sFamily](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pete_sFamily)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-hyundai-elantra-gt-jerks-and-won-t-pick-up-speed/165539/1 "2020-06-09T20:01:40Z")

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the car engine won’t pick up speed just jerk

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-hyundai-elantra-gt-jerks-and-won-t-pick-up-speed/165539/2 "2020-06-09T20:31:11Z")

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Is the Check Engine light on? What are the codes?

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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:** [June 9, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-hyundai-elantra-gt-jerks-and-won-t-pick-up-speed/165539/3 "2020-06-09T22:20:05Z")

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Is the engine lugging/jerking or is it revving with minimal increase in speed while the car jerks?