# 98 VW Cabrio- bucks like a horse can

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-vw-cabrio-bucks-like-a-horse-can/3038>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 13, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-vw-cabrio-bucks-like-a-horse-can/3038 "2007-08-13T12:21:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DIYVWlover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DIYVWlover](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DIYVWlover)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/98-vw-cabrio-bucks-like-a-horse-can/3038/1 "2007-08-13T12:21:09Z")

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I have a VW cabrio automatic that began about a year or two to literally feel like it was bucking you when putting it in drive- not all the time (used to think when it was cold- but it is over 100s and still doing it) just about 50% of the time at the beginning of a the trip it is on. It goes like this- the car is turned on, backing out goes fine, put it into drive, foot on gas, a momentary pause and then this jump, “buck”, whatever until it lurches forward. Can happen at a stop sign too, the same way- put gas on and lurches forward after a pause. Usually after the first or second time in a trip- no more problems. Does anyone have any idea?