Car won’t go, it shakes
If a car shakes when the gas petal is stepped on and it won’t go fast, then you probably have an ignition problem. This is generally a problem caused by a spark plug wire arcing to the engine ground. The other possibility can be a bad spark plug. This is a 1996 pontiac grand am, 2.4 liter engine with a coil pack. This means that there are no spark plug wires but instead an intermediate plug that fits between the plug and the coil. If a car stumbles when the gas petal is stepped on it is because the spark is grounding to the engine instead of reaching the spark plug. If your car has not had a tune up lately now would be a good time to do that. To find the problem first the spark plugs need to be removed.
