Car is jerking while driving?

My mom bought a 1995 honda accord today the guy said it runs perfect which so far it does (he kept good care of it inside/outside also) but we noticed when she's driving it kind of jerks like if it were a stick(its a automatic) shift like youll be driving at 20 then at 30mph itll jerk then at 40 then at 50 but it stops at a certain point until yiu start accelerating again. What could this be? Because its older? Transmission?

You're not jerking yourself while your car is jerking?

There are a lot of possible causes for this.

It could be as simple as needing basic "tune up" service, or it may have a faulty electronic sensor. It could also be a transmission issue, which could be simple or serious. If anyone tells you the car needs a new transmission, get a second opinion.

It could well be that, without being in the car and feeling the extent it jerks for ourselves it's hard to know
you have a 4 speed auto in that car, which was designed to eliminate a lot of the gear change motion, but it's still a 27 year old design, newer 5 and six speed auto transmissions are much smoother, and cvt transmission give no feel of gear change and better fuel economy, due to the fact they have eliminated gears altogether

Call a honda dealer and ask them to test it for you

Hi so when Honda design cars they have a design life which means in a few years time you have to buy another car. This designed life is 8 years or 100k miles so when a car passes both these dates. It is just down to luck how long it will last. Now given that the mechanical parts of this car are now some 22 years old way past this date and mileage would be my guess it now needs some serious spare parts like engine and gearbox.

Have you checked the transmission fluid level? It may either want topping up or changing. Investigate the his possibility because fluid loses its viscosity over time and cause gear changing problems.