Jay Pafford

1991accord four door had already traveled around 25 miles then Speedo started bouncing then quit as did the rpm gauge. Then started bucking down shifted to second bucked worst barely got thru a stop sign bucking and jumpingit got so bad wont even pull in first gear got off road had friend come to drag me home after car sitting 20minutes car wont start back clicked like dead battery but its only 3wks old so can any one give a suggestion on what might be wrong and where to start looking for problems

HonBeer

That almost caused a headache reading that.

brakedrum

Could be a lot of things, but a worn out Oxygen Sensor can cause those bucking symptoms. The engine is actually choking on incorrect air/fuel mix during those bucking episodes.

holmesnmanny

sounds like alternator might be bad, is the charging light coming on ?