Difficulty accelerating from a stop

Tiny
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  • 1995 BMW 525I
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 22,000 MILES
Yesterday my daughter left for college and the car was running fine. She reported that once she got into Charleston she had difficulty accelerating and more difficulty when whe need to accelerate from a stop. She indicated she needed to push the gas pedal to the floor.
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 AT 10:10 AM

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Tiny
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This could be a transmission issue with the torque converter not able to multiply torque.
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 AT 10:59 AM
Tiny
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Can you please describe]be the symptoms that the car would display when/if the torque converter is causing issues? Because I have something somewhat similar going on in my car but it does not feel like transmission but more like clogged or dirty injectors especially because when I added chevron fuel system cleaner it actually slightly helped the issue. It is also something that is not throwing any codes.
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 AT 7:05 PM
Tiny
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Hello JNELSONMBF.

Please post your new question here:

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/new

Please include information like, make, model, year, engine size, and mileage.

Thank you,

Renee
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 AT 9:27 AM

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