# Hesitation

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitation/38612>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** mazda, miata\
**Created:** [October 25, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitation/38612 "2009-10-25T20:31:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![midblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@midblue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/midblue)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitation/38612/1 "2009-10-25T20:31:46Z")

</div>

I have a standard transmission '90 Miata (recently purchased for low $) and when driving along, if I slowly lift my foot on the accelerator pedal, it doesn’t respond until suddenly the engine speed drops and there is a little jolt. The same thing happens when I slowly increase pressure on the pedal, except then the engine speed suddenly increases (with a little jolt). I tried adjusting the tension on the accelerator cable with no effect. Any ideas what’s the problem?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitation/38612/2 "2009-10-25T23:00:57Z")

</div>

Throttle position sensor?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![midblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@midblue](https://community.cartalk.com/u/midblue)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hesitation/38612/3 "2009-10-26T00:39:36Z")

</div>

Thanks. I had hoped there was something like that. I’ll try to find out where is is and how to adjust/replace it and report back in a few days.