# Honda civic 2015 jerking and shutting off **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** civic-cpe, honda\ **Created:** [June 11, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608 "2022-06-11T18:33:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darklandscape\_181120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Darklandscape\_181120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Darklandscape_181120)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/1 "2022-06-11T18:33:18Z")
Hi, I am having issues with my 2015 honda civic. The first issue is that the car will jerk at seemingly random times. More of the jerks happen earlier on in the acceleration. If I put the car in econ mode the jerks happen way less. The second issue is that the car could be at a stop and as soon as I start accelerating the car shuts off and I have to put it in park and start it up again. There are no check engine lights. ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/2 "2022-06-11T18:43:10Z")
How many miles? Are you original owner? How old is battery? ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/3 "2022-06-11T18:47:03Z")
The car may have a crankshaft position sensor that’s starting to fail. > **[Bad Crankshaft Position Sensor Symptoms & Problems](https://www.1aauto.com/content/articles/bad-or-failing-crankshaft-position-sensor-symptoms)** > > Problems with the crankshaft sensor will often present as problems with engine timing. If you think your sensor has failed, here are some common symptoms of a bad crankshaft sensor that can help you in determining whether or not it has failed. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Darklandscape\_181120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Darklandscape\_181120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Darklandscape_181120)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/4 "2022-06-11T19:22:13Z")
94k miles Not original owner Battery is a month old. ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/5 "2022-06-11T22:52:22Z")
Good ideas above. I’ll add: could possibly be a problem with the throttle position system, or clogged fuel injectors. If you feel lucky, try a dose a fuel injector cleaner. in the gas tank. ---
**Author:** ![Darklandscape\_181120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Darklandscape\_181120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Darklandscape_181120)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/6 "2022-06-12T03:14:21Z")
Thanks for the tip, I will try the fuel injector cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/7 "2022-06-12T03:28:54Z")
Repairing vehicles during the last 40 years, I have never experienced a drivability problem that was caused by an injector that needed to be cleaned. You have a problem that needs to be observed and diagnosed, a clogged fuel injector will cause a fault code and check engine light. > [@Darklandscape\_181120](#): > > The second issue is that the car could be at a stop and as soon as I start accelerating the car shuts off and I have to put it in park During the repair interim, the engine can be restated in neutral without coming to a complete stop. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/8 "2022-06-12T04:21:26Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > have never experienced a drivability problem that was caused by an injector that needed to be cleaned. Didn’t spend much time on GM early poppet nozzle injectors did you? I ran into countless performance issues and misfires that were corrected by a Motorvac service. And countless more that required individual replacement. ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/9 "2022-06-12T04:30:07Z")
We aren’t talking about GM’s chaotic CPFI system. But a 2015 Honda Civic. 🤔 Tester ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/10 "2022-06-12T05:23:59Z")
Injector failure has become more and more rare in the last 25 years. I believe it’s partially due to better gasoline and better fuel systems on cars. But boy I sure did make a lot of money fixing or replacing GM injectors back then. ---
**Author:** ![Darklandscape\_181120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Darklandscape\_181120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Darklandscape_181120)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/11 "2022-07-24T23:04:02Z")
I got the odb2 reader and the problem was a fuel/air ratio problem. I looked under the hood and saw that the big hose connected to the filter had a rip in it. Replaced it and now its runs perfectly good. ---
**Author:** ![Darklandscape\_181120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Darklandscape\_181120](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Darklandscape_181120)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/12 "2022-07-24T23:05:11Z")
Hi, it was the tube connected to the air filter being ripped. After replacement cars work perfectly smoothly. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-civic-2015-jerking-and-shutting-off/184608/13 "2022-07-24T23:17:45Z")
> [@Darklandscape\_181120](#): > > [poor engine performance caused by mixture problem due to] tube connected to the air filter ripped. Good for you for securing a code reader, discovering the mixture code, doing the engine-compartment diagnosis and effecting the repair. Your Civic’s electronic fuel injection is a vast improvement over prior technologies, but for the fuel injection computer to set the correct fuel/air mixture all of the air entering the engine has to be measured (by the MAF sensor). If any intake air bypasses that sensor, for example due to a faulty tube/hose, this confuses the computer’s mixture calculations, and as you’ve discovered, drivability symptoms can occur. Thanks for posting the update 🙂