Car jerks, vibrate and stalls, stops after reversing?

Asked by LeslieR13 May 28, 2013 at 08:08 PM about the 2006 Chevrolet HHR

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2006 Chevy HHR and I just bought it used less than 2 months ago. The car will stall when driving, especially up hills. It will sometimes jerk and vibrate when I turn it on and this usually happens after I have driven it recently. If it does start to shake and jerk and I reverse and brake to put it in drive, the car will no longer accelerate. I have to put it in park, turn it off and then on and then make sure not to come to a complete stop for several miles.

DavidH25 answered 11 years ago

The only suggestion I have is get your OBD codes scanned, Too many possibilities to start wild guesses

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Lizarro answered 5 years ago

Well..my roomies fiance ..had the same problem this morning..it started sputtering ..jerking hard..n wanted to stall on the highway..we pulled into a parking lot ..n turned it off.about 10 minutes..he tried to start it wouldn't start..then he turned the key the second time..n finally started..I'm thinking it has some type of reset switch.. hopefully this helps some people..

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