Lurching or surging with a 3.3L engine

Have any of you had Lurching or surging with a 3.3L engine? especially on acceleration from a stop. It plows ahead, then power lessens some, the it plows ahead, the maybe a second time power lessens. What do you call this?

It's a 2005 Solara but any car could have it Is it the engine? transmission? fuel? Is it called lurching? Surging? What?

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In reply to "micky" who wrote the following:

I'd clean the maf-sensor or buy a new one$$, check youtube videos on the process.

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