Sloan

so for about 2 weeks now my 4runner has been acting funny. when i'm at a complete stop and go to accelerate it feels like the tires spin and it hops forward, then goes. also it will randomly when i first crank up and hit the gas, the rpm's will go up to around 4, but the speedometer stays around the 20-25 mph area and dosen't go. so i pull over, turn her off, then recrank and she will drive fine. i was wondering if this is all to do with my transmission or what?

AppleJack

I'm no expert with auto transmissions but that would be my first guess. Hows you fluid level? I had an '01 Grand Cherokee that would do nearly the same as you are describing and it was all due to low fluid. Oh and 2 months later I had to have the transmission rebuilt but that was a Jeep .

Sloan

i checked the fluid and its fine so i didnt know if it was somethin more to worry about

AppleJack

That part about you turning it off and restarting it and then it drives fine, makes me think it's a computer problem. But as I stated before I am no expert in this area by any means.

eric-the-red

I was thinking the same thing, the transmissions in newer Runners are completely computer controlled. I would think if it was something mechanical in the trans it would be a problem all the time. Maybe check and see if there are any stored trouble codes, I hear Autozone will do it for free.