Hi All,

First time poster here and I dont know much about cars. I have a 1995 5 speed manual Honda Civic EX with 156K miles on it.

Recently when starting from a fully stopped position, the car will begin to shake when I go from neutral to first gear and try and take off. The shaking feels like it is going to stall out unless I give it more gas.

What kind of problem can be the cause here? I am not new to stick so I dont think its how I am shifting. Could it be transmission? Clutch?

The guy at EZ Lube mentioned I could need a tune up as it could be to low idling.

Thanks for any help.

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I dunno, mounts? Is your clutch slipping while accelerating? I'd think if the car needed a tune up, it would just run rough in general.

Mine does the same thing. Famous problem for this generation, it becouse of the hydraulic clutch, it is the first year they used it and they didn't get it quite right. What I do is just let out the clutch quickly and jack rabbit start. You will squeel the tires sometimes but you won't get the shuddering.

Mine does the same thing but its not always. Like Kellog mentioned above, probably just the hydraulic clutch. If yours does it excessively everytime then you might have something else wrong.

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