Car doesn't accelerate until I press really hard on the gas and then it goes, but with lots of difficulty; why?
I have a 99 grand prix, automatic, V6, changed the battery and alternator
last year. So, I was driving, and stopped to drop someone off I was in park
for a minute or two and then when I put the car into drive and let go of the
brake the car didn't start moving slowly and spontaneously (like it usually
does). I then pressed the gas pedal normally and it wouldn't move until I
pressed it really hard, the RPMs were at 4000-5000, and that's how I had
to drive for a while until I parked. I could hear then engine running hard, as
if struggling. I got an oil change 2 weeks ago, at jiffy lube, and they refilled
all my fluids, but I didn't check any of them. Could it be something easy like
refilling some fluid or possibly something expensive that more expensive
than what the car is worth. I mostly want some ideas and possibly prices.
Has this happened to anyone else? Are you a mechanic, and this happens,
why?
