# Jerking while backing

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-while-backing/78379>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [March 31, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-while-backing/78379 "2013-03-31T23:23:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![joe1965](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@joe1965](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joe1965)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-while-backing/78379/1 "2013-03-31T23:23:42Z")

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My 1999 corolla functions great all round, except recently it has started to jerk when I back out from parking.  
It goes jerk jerk jerk jerk jerk, and by this time I am half way out of the parking spot…  
Any thoughts?

Thanks  
Joe1965

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**Author:** ![98caddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/bb73d2/32.png) [@98caddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/98caddy)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-while-backing/78379/2 "2013-04-01T00:28:19Z")

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If it only ever happens in reverse, it sounds like it is a transmission problem.

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**Author:** ![shannon\_darst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shannon_darst/32/2606_2.png) [@shannon\_darst](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shannon_darst)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jerking-while-backing/78379/3 "2013-04-01T06:36:29Z")

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it could also be the rear brakes snagging on the drum due to dirt, and or pocked marked drums. Take drums to a garage that can have them shaved.