please help 97 explorer trouble

[coloexplorer]

hi

i have a 97 xlt 6cyl. the issue i am having is starting last week when i stepped on the gas to pass someone it started to hesitate and jerk, until i put the pedal to the floor. it starts right up and idles fine it only does this when i accelerate. it has all new plugs and wires and i am completely confused. any help would be awsome

thanks

 

[swetrid]

did this happen after the plugs and wires or was it there before?

 

[coloexplorer]

Thanks for responding it happened before i changed them out

 

[gmanpaint]

Check the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) for the correct voltage. Search the forum for the thread that explains how to do it. Do a wide open throttle (WOT) voltage test on it.

 

[coloexplorer]

Ok thanks ill try and find how to do that

 

[coloexplorer]

Ok so i did the TPS test and it was within range. About 1 volt and 4.64 wot

 

[coloexplorer]

it was before i replaced the plugs and wires

 

[gmanpaint]

Does your O/D light flash?

Does your speedometer needle jump erratically?

 

[coloexplorer]

Funny you ask while driving home the od light started flashing. The speedometer i havnt noticed. Once i got home and turned it off the light stoped flashing

 

[coloexplorer]

Funny you ask while driving home the od light started flashing. The speedometer i havnt noticed. Once i got home and turned it off the light stoped flashing

 

[Wray-Wray]

if ur o?d light is flashing it sounds to me like a tranny issue....someone correct me if im wrong.. take it in and have them do a diagnostics or do a fluid/filter change but you can't be sure that will correct the problem

 

[coloexplorer]

So a tranny issue could cause the hesitation?

 

[coloexplorer]

So a tranny issue could cause the hesitation?

 

[coloexplorer]

Funny you ask while driving home the od light started flashing. The speedometer i havnt noticed. Once i got home and turned it off the light stoped flashing