[Scott]

I have a 94 Escort Wagon (automatic transmission) with 60,000 miles. The car recently started bucking, or jerking, when I put it in reverse and start backing up. Once I put it in drive the bucking stops and the car runs fine. This is not something that happens all the time, either.
Any ideas on what is causing this?

 

[James92Scort]

Mine was doing the same thing...only it would ONLY do it in 1st, but not reverse...I got it fixed, but i had no idea how they did it...take it somewhere and have them check the transmission fluid levels and all the vacuum hoses.

 

[siragan]

Dude, you could throw a saddle on my LX it bucks so bad...

In reverse it bucks really badly. I figured it just had to do with worn out gears or slack somehwere in the transmission. The way I get around it is to push in the clutch whenever I am not on the throttle. However, if I´m crusing through a parking lot at low speeds, I´ll just cruise in 1st and then shift into neutral and coast because it will buck. Really annoying... if anyone could help I´d like to know too,