# Acceleration issue with VW Jetta TDI- diesel **URL:** \ **Category:** Power/Fuel\ **Tags:** jetta, acceleration, diesel, volkswagen\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089 "2010-06-30T00:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jxward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@jxward](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jxward)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/1 "2010-06-30T00:57:48Z")
Hello I own a 2004 VW Jetta TDI. On my way home from work today, I had problems with acceleration. Whenever I was idling at a stop sign and pressed the gas, the car would not move, then eventually lurched forward. As long as I didn’t slow down, the car accelerated fine. It was almost as if the car slipped into neutral. Any idea on the issue? ---
**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 30, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/2 "2010-06-30T01:03:04Z")
Whens’s the last time you replaced the fuel filter? Other maintenance? ---
**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 30, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/3 "2010-06-30T01:04:15Z")
That might mean the transmission was neutralizing. Or not enough hydraulic pressure was being developed at the clutches in the transmission until the engine RPM’s increased. Have you’ve checked the level and condition of the transmission fluid? Tester ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/4 "2010-06-30T10:31:43Z")
What transmission? (BTW a TDI does not have a gas pedal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jxward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@jxward](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jxward)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/5 "2010-06-30T13:28:55Z")
Thanks all! I purchased it used last year and supposedly everything was recently replaced by the dealer. It reverses fine- does that make a difference? And yes, sorry- Not gas pedal! ---
**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 30, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/6 "2010-06-30T13:30:31Z")
Unless he gave you the records, I wouldn’t trust that the work was done. ---
**Author:** ![thermographer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@thermographer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thermographer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acceleration-issue-with-vw-jetta-tdi-diesel/51089/7 "2010-07-01T02:09:28Z")
You might try re posting your question at [tdiclub.com](http://tdiclub.com). There is some great advice here but the diesel heads over there might be able to answer your question.