# Jerking, hiccuping, non-accelerating Corolla **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 22, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-hiccuping-non-accelerating-corolla/23751 "2008-12-22T17:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![McBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@McBean](https://community.cartalk.com/u/McBean)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-hiccuping-non-accelerating-corolla/23751/1 "2008-12-22T17:02:08Z")
A month or two ago, my 1989 Toyota Corolla (187k mi) started having a few problems: it felt like it was hiccuping, especially when I went up hills. The check engine light would go on sometimes, but sometimes not. I took it to my mechanic but he could find nothing wrong with it. The problem persisted, so I took it back to him and he gave it a tune up (about a month ago), but the intermittent hiccuping is still there. Just recently (the past 2 days), it’s gotten REALLY bad. Now it’s not just hiccuping, but jerking a lot and I’m having a hard time getting up to and past 50 mph on the freeway. Does anyone know what the problem could be??? ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-hiccuping-non-accelerating-corolla/23751/2 "2008-12-22T17:30:15Z")
It sounds like a fuel filter or fuel pump issue. What was done in the “tune up”? ---
**Author:** ![McBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@McBean](https://community.cartalk.com/u/McBean)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-hiccuping-non-accelerating-corolla/23751/3 "2008-12-22T17:38:10Z")
Air and fuel filter, spark plugs changed.