# Hesitating 2016 Honda Civic

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic-cpe, honda\
**Created:** [May 29, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204 "2019-05-29T15:09:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![CarlosVelez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CarlosVelez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarlosVelez)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/1 "2019-05-29T15:09:58Z")

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Car hesitates when trying to accelerate, then lunges forward

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/2 "2019-05-30T15:48:38Z")

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Is your check-engine light on?

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**Author:** ![CarlosVelez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CarlosVelez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarlosVelez)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/3 "2019-05-31T14:39:56Z")

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No the engine light is not on.

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**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 1, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/4 "2019-06-01T16:25:00Z")

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Try cleaning the electronic throttle body.

If that doesn’t help, then there may be a problem with the accelerator pedal position sensor.

[https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/honda,2016,civic,2.0l+l4,3359015,interior,accelerator+pedal+position+sensor,5061](https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/honda,2016,civic,2.0l+l4,3359015,interior,accelerator+pedal+position+sensor,5061)

Tester

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/5 "2019-06-01T17:11:02Z")

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Think powertrain is 4yr/50k. Is tb covered?

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**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:** [June 2, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/6 "2019-06-02T00:34:21Z")

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Good ideas above. These sort of symptoms could be caused by quite a few things, so it is hard to say with any certainty what the actual cause is. But it is indeed a frustrating problem. I had a similar problem on my Corolla , most noticed during slow speed neighborhood driving. That it turned out was caused by slightly clogged fuel injectors. Clogged fuel injectors on a 3 year old car seems unlikely, but OP still might want to try a bottle of fuel injector cleaner in the gas tank. Who knows, might work.

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitating-2016-honda-civic/141204/7 "2019-06-02T13:18:25Z")

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hmm, this might be first report on this site for issues with hondas CVT trans in the gen 9 and later cars