# Start but does not accelerate

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/start-but-does-not-accelerate/166977>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/start-but-does-not-accelerate/166977 "2020-07-08T14:48:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Titelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@Titelo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Titelo)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/start-but-does-not-accelerate/166977/1 "2020-07-08T14:48:22Z")

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Im using polo 6 1.4 it does not accelerate checked throttle body is working 100% ,sometimes when i start it everything its normal revs normally but recently is giving problems it does not please help

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/start-but-does-not-accelerate/166977/2 "2020-07-08T17:03:32Z")

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To my knowledge the Polo isn’t sold in the US so you may not get many answers. If the car runs but doesn’t move there’s probably a problem with the transmission. How many miles are on it and when was the last time you changed the fluid, assuming it has an automatic transmission?

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/start-but-does-not-accelerate/166977/3 "2020-07-08T17:32:09Z")

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Are you saying that it doesn’t rev when you press the accelerator pedal when this happens?

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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:** [July 9, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/start-but-does-not-accelerate/166977/4 "2020-07-09T01:10:39Z")

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I’ll guess that this is a fourth generation type 6, produced between 2002 and 2009. There were both gasoline and diesel 1.4L engines. Which do you have? We do have a few European folks show up. It would help if you provide the model year and miles or kilometers on the odometer.