Very poor acceleration

[bighops2000]

My rodeo does not accelerate worth a crap. i have a 3.2v6 and i know it should accelerate much better than it does. i have changed the oil, and fuel filters and i have used the lucas fuel injector cleaner. my after market filter is less than a year old. i almost feel like the tranny is leaving b/c it takes so long the get up. would a tranny flush help. what could be the problem

[rodeo02]

Are you sure you are starting off in 1st gear? If the trans is in limp mode, you will typically start off in 3rd, which will give a sluggish take-off. Put the floor shifter in 1st & shift manually to see if thier is a change.
G/luck
Joel

[bighops2000]

Originally Posted by rodeo02

Are you sure you are starting off in 1st gear? If the trans is in limp mode, you will typically start off in 3rd, which will give a sluggish take-off. Put the floor shifter in 1st & shift manually to see if thier is a change.
G/luck
Joel

its an automatic 2wd

[rodeo02]

Originally Posted by bighops2000

its an automatic 2wd

Yep, I assumed that since you asked about a trans "flush". Can't really flush a manual trans. Try what I suggested. Shift your automatic manually to see if there is a performance change.
G/luck
Joel

[bighops2000]

Originally Posted by rodeo02

Yep, I assumed that since you asked about a trans "flush". Can't really flush a manual trans. Try what I suggested. Shift your automatic manually to see if there is a performance change.
G/luck
Joel

i tried and it was a little different maybe only becuase i was looking for something bvut it seems like it was picking up faster whats the casues of that.

[rodeo02]

Originally Posted by bighops2000

i tried and it was a little different maybe only becuase i was looking for something bvut it seems like it was picking up faster whats the casues of that.

When you put it in "D", you may not be starting out in 1st gear, but 2nd or 3rd instead. This could be a faulty "winter" mode switch, a bad range/mode sensor, or an internal transmission problem.
G/luck
Joel

[bighops2000]

tranny flush did the trick WOO HOO!