# Car bucking **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 4, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-bucking/4121 "2007-09-04T04:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![californiajd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@californiajd](https://community.cartalk.com/u/californiajd)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-bucking/4121/1 "2007-09-04T04:46:18Z")
The traction control light on my 1999 Mazda Millenia S model with a supercharger has been coming on intermittently accompanied by the car “bucking” when I try to accelerate. My mechanic is stymied. Any ideas? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-bucking/4121/2 "2007-09-04T11:44:18Z")
It sounds like the traction control is kicking in. It might be getting a bad signal from one or more wheel sensor. Have you checked to see if the computer has any stored error codes? ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-bucking/4121/3 "2007-09-04T15:59:34Z")
I think most cars with traction control have some way to turn it off, usually a “traction” button or something, but sometimes is just automatically comes off when you shift into 2 or 1. Anyways, turning off the traction control would tell you for sure if that’s what the problem is. Consult your owner’s manual!