# Engine surge

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-surge/37075>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [September 24, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-surge/37075 "2009-09-24T11:56:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lbat70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lbat70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lbat70)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-surge/37075/1 "2009-09-24T11:56:17Z")

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My mother owns a '97 Honda Accord with 140,000 miles. Sometimes the engine surges while driving on the highway and sometimes it surges in town at lower speeds. I might add that the tachometer needle is broken. At times it sticks at zero and at other times it jumps all over. Are the two problems related? She recently had a tune-up, but the problems still exist.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-surge/37075/2 "2009-09-24T12:09:07Z")

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Automatic or Standard???

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**Author:** ![Lbat70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lbat70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lbat70)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-surge/37075/3 "2009-09-25T18:34:37Z")

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automatic