Bad speed sensors can cause the car to hesitate when accelerating at speeds below 20 mph. The blockage of the air filters can also cause the car to hesitate when accelerating at speeds below 20 mph.
There are several things that can cause your 2002 Ford Taurus to hesitate when accelerating. A dirty air filter will cause the problem.
You might have a blown headgasket on top
because it's only a 1.3 and because it's a turbo. look up turbo lag.
A 1996 Toyota Tercel will hesitate on acceleration at cruising speed if the fuel filter or injectors are clogged. This prevents the engine from receiving enough full and will hesitate.
Replace the excelerator pump in the carb,and make sure of the proper engine timming!
plugged fuel filter, the injector unit (vortec v-6, 4.3L) could be bad, dead plug(s)...
burning lots of fuel to get it going, its an old car.
Hesitation when accelerating with tha a/c on is a common occurence with four cylinder vehicles. The a/c uses alot of the engines power and causes the hesitation. It is not usually a cause for concern.
it could be your air filter, you might not be pulling enough air into the engine. it usually costs less than 10 to fix
The car will idle rough and hesitate during acceleration.
Could be your timing belt.