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I own a 2000 Honda Passport 2W-drive and I have a question and was wondering if you can offer me advice because I would really like to fix it myself.

The car recently - when going from reverse into drive - FEELS like it goes into gear BUT when you press the gas pedal it lags then jumps forward as suddenly engaged in drive. Then last night the check engine light came on. I then came to a stop light down the road - stopped and then when pressing the gas pedal it vibrated violently. THIS more than anything scared me.

Here is some history on the car: I bought it used two years ago - I have never checked the trans fluid. I wonder if this could be a problem.
About 4 months ago, I had a fuel pump replaced because the original had gone bad - even since it was replaced it has never started right (slow start). EGR valve was replaced at the same time because IT had gone bad as well.

WHAT IN THE WORLD is going on with this car. I am so sick of handing it over to mechanics to be fixed - when problems continue to rise with this car. I don't know what to do and was wondering if you could offer advice?

Do these symptoms ring a bell to a more pin pointed problem that could be getting overlooked which could be the main cause of these avalanche of issues? An electrical problem? A low trans fluid problem?

Please help!

Thank you,

Erin

P.S. automatic trans, 120,000 miles. vibration described above felt like driving down railroad tracks not as if you were to simply drive over them like following a road  

throwing "Fuel Pressure" code??? What does this mean? What do i do?  

Code is: P0453, which is: Evaporative Emissions (EVAP) Control System, fuel tank pressure sensor circuit, high voltage. Which translates to: ?????????

took off gas cap - screw back on till "clicks" - reset check engine light - light off - drove - still no check engine light. so why is the truck acting like it has slippage? still shuttering every once and a while from stop to forward drive.  

Have you checked you trans fluid level?  

The jumping from reverse to forward could be due to a broken engine mount. Have someone get in the car and start the engine. Set the parking brake and hold down on the brake pedal.Shift the transmission into drive and press on the accelerator. You should stand outside (not in front) of the car and observe if the engine moves up or down on the mounts. Then shift into reverse and press on the accelerator. Again look for any undue movement of the engine in releation to the body.If there is a borken mount,it could be allowing the gear shift cable to pull the transmission lever as it moves. LOL Regards: JRTA