It’s hardly ever a good signal that the engine in your Fiat 500 X is behaving uncommonly. This is because the engine is the most important part of your car and any indicator of abnormal functioning must be noticed as soon as possible and you must seek out the cause of the failure. If it happens that your Fiat 500 X is hesitating during acceleration, we have done this tutorial to help you locate the cause of your failure. We will now look into all the possible causes your Fiat 500 X having hesitation in acceleration.

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Fiat 500 X WHICH hesitates while accelerating RESULTING FROM THE IGNITION:

So let’s commence our recap of the causes that can trigger hesitation during Fiat 500 X acceleration. One of the most known causes is that your ignition fails. We talk about ignition, but we can also generalize the failure to the ECU which by itself can give bad data that will disturb your ignition. It’s possible that your Fiat 500 X a has gone limp mode, don’t hesitate to go through this tutorial for more info. In order to verify that one of these malfunctions is not the trigger of your Fiat 500 X having acceleration complications, you will have to “suitcase” your car. Also, you can take a look at the condition of your ignition coils, if you have more than one and one is defective it may be the cause for the couplings, acceleration holes that you feel, if you only have one generally your Fiat 500 X should not start.

Hesitation during Fiat 500 X acceleration AS A RESULT OF THE INJECTORS:

Now let’s concentrate on the injector-related mishaps of your Fiat 500 X’s fuel injectors. If you detect this feeling that your car is grazing, it is quite possible that due to poor fuel quality one or more of your injectors have become blocked or obstructed, leading to a bad air/fuel mixture to be delivered to the engine block and consequently immediately disrupt its normal functions, do not forget to verify your injectors. If during the test you find that one of your injectors is leaking on your Fiat 500 X, please go through our small document to resolve this malfunction.

Hesitation during Fiat 500 X acceleration AS A RESULT OF THE ACCELERATOR CABLE:

Another possible reason why you feel hesitation during Fiat 500 X acceleration, whether you are driving, stationary, hot, cold or accelerating, is that your throttle cable is severely worn. If your accelerator cable is in a bad state of wear, it will not slide properly in its sheath and will snap, verify the level of wear of your accelerator cable.

Fiat 500 X that hesitates when accelerating RESULTING FROM THE FUEL FILTER:

As far as the fuel filter is concerned, we’re handling the same form of problem as clogged injectors. If your Fiat 500 X is clutching and you feel like it is grazing or you have holes when accelerating, your fuel filter may be clogged. The consequence would be that your whole intake system would be running at idle and therefore your engine would lack fuel supply to go normally. Don’t forget to verify it and change it if needed. If you ever get the feeling that your Fiat 500 X is going up in laps by itself, go through our tutorial it should help you to find out the source.

Hesitation during Fiat 500 X acceleration AS A RESULT OF THE PARTICULATE FILTER:

The last reason for an hesitating Fiat 500 X during acceleration. Modern cars are built with increasingly more options to limit emissions, the particulate filter is part of this package. Nevertheless, in accordance with how you use it, it can become clogged and dirty. Specifically if you drive short distances and don’t push your engine hard oftentimes. If this is the circumstance, it is possible that your ACP could become clogged and your Fiat 500 X could give you acceleration problems. Have it examined.

Hesitation during Fiat 500 X acceleration RESULTING FROM A PUNCTURED HOSE:

In conclusion, the last problem, and surely the least bothersome for you, it is possible that one of your fuel or air intake hoses is punctured or cracked and that it causes a lack of air or fuel which will result in an Fiat 500 X that gives acceleration troubles, verify under your hood, engine on, the level of wear of your hoses, be careful not to burn yourself. If this happens to you, your Fiat 500 X may not be able to idle, in which circumstance look into our little dossier to fix the malfunction in depth.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Fiat 500 X, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat 500 X category.