# Cars jerks//shudders in 1st and 2nd gears **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan\ **Created:** [March 6, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231 "2018-03-06T09:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/1 "2018-03-06T09:42:45Z")
Hi Cartalk My car started doing this awhile ago ,178KM on the dash ,and engine has been worked on before. lets say im stagnate and put the car in 1st ,i step on the gas and instanstly the car while start jerking ,like bad ,i put in 2nd same thing ,when i put it in 3rd and step hard on the gas it starts jerking less and takes off, keep in mind this has to be on a flat road, i wont make it uphill from a stationary position. I checked the spark plugs which are new and wiring ,all work fine , im starting To think it might be my fuel injection that might be dirty or clogged ,but cant be sure. Plus when i step on the gas , i hear a slight squeak coming from either the cable or somewhere ,it only happens when i step on gas ,could the two be related. ---
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/2 "2018-03-06T09:46:05Z")
The timing belt is supposedly okay as specified by the mechanic ---
**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:** [March 6, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/3 "2018-03-06T19:38:35Z")
What you describe sounds like a shuddering clutch. Tester ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/4 "2018-03-07T04:07:57Z")
The throttle position sensor could be the problem. Faulty O2 sensor also. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/5 "2018-03-07T04:17:19Z")
If this is still on your NP200 with all the clutch problems, I’d say your clutch is shot and needs replaced or you still haven’t properly fixed the clutch master cylinder. ---
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/6 "2018-03-07T08:43:19Z")
its exactly like that ,maybe slightly worse ,Tell how to fix please ---
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/7 "2018-03-07T08:44:07Z")
il remove it and see if there is any difference ---
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/8 "2018-03-07T08:45:48Z")
Its a brand new CMC and i got some from nissan to install it for me and bleed the clutch ,everything was fine for the first 1 hour of driving ,then it started ,im not driving the car at the moment untill i fix it ---
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/9 "2018-03-07T08:46:16Z")
Could this all be caused by bad CV joints ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/10 "2018-03-08T01:20:44Z")
If the CV joints were the cause, they’d be making quite a racket during turns. Do you notice that? Have you check the boots on the CV joints to make sure they aren’t split? 2 inner, and 2 outer boots. ---
**Author:** ![NissanGuy101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NissanGuy101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NissanGuy101)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/11 "2018-03-08T05:36:19Z")
it does make a noise when turn ,if i replace the cv joints ,do you think problem might be fixed ---
**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:** [March 9, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-jerks-shudders-in-1st-and-2nd-gears/113231/12 "2018-03-09T03:35:27Z")
> [@NissanGuy101](#): > > if i replace the cv joints ,do you think problem might be fixed Maybe. The problem is there’s a lot of maybe possible. Easy to run of money before r unning out of guesses. If the CV boots are split, the CV joints should probably be replaced in any event. So no harm to replace them. But if the boots are still good, a better way to spend your money is to ask a shop to diagnose what’s causing the problem. At that point you can either let the shop fix it, or do the work yourself. Your option.