# My car takes extra long to accelerate over 2500rpms in every gear

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077 "2025-02-11T21:49:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077/21 "2025-02-12T19:41:47Z")

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No shop is going to charge only 20 minutes labor for plugs, imo

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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:** [February 12, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077/22 "2025-02-12T19:45:50Z")

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I looked up the cost to replace the plugs in this car in my area.

$137 tops.

They got ripped off.

Tester

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**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077/23 "2025-02-12T22:38:40Z")

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Labor/flat rate for spark plugs is 0.5 (1/2) hour, Distributor cap and rotor is 0.3 (18 minutes) and ignition wires 0.5 hours…

I’m gonna say he probably had the spark plugs, ignition wires and cap and rotor replaced for the $500…

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077/24 "2025-02-13T01:28:39Z")

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I posted the time it would take me to change the plugs, not the time that would be charged. I can believe that somewhere between a half and full hour would be charged. I don’t have the resources that you do to look up the standard charge. Thanks for posting a standard charge.

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**Author:** ![Jerome-Silverman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jerome-Silverman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jerome-Silverman)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-takes-extra-long-to-accelerate-over-2500rpms-in-every-gear/199077/25 "2025-02-19T04:42:20Z")

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I had an Omni with a similar problem that no one could diagnose for a few years. Turned out that some upgrade gears had been installed in the transmission under drive train warranty and the mechanic forgot to plug the speed sensor on the transmission back in.

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