shaking and poor acceleration

Asked by GuruLJPB6 May 05, 2019 at 12:35 PM about the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Yesterday my car- 2013 VW jetta - drove just fine.  This
morning I start the car and again starts right up with on
problem, so I put the car in drive and it's now shaking
slightly.  It continues to shake a little while driving and has
a hard time accelerating. Sputters a bit while driving and an
very worried about it. EPC light is on. I read that it may be a
bad fuel filter. Any ideas and advice would be greatly
appreciated.

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GuruS9QH8 answered 4 years ago

I have a 2013 VW Jetta 2.5SE and I have the exact same problem. I took my car to auto zone and they hooked my car up to the computer and it gave the code for the throttle body . If you change the gas pedal and reset the computer you shouldn’t have this problem anymore. Also watch the video by “Crifix “ on YouTube it’s super helpful. This is a very common problem for this make and model unfortunately but it’s an easy fix. So it’s the throttle in your car if you change the gas petal in your car then the problem should be resolved along with resetting the computer.

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