MPs are preparing to vote later on plans to increase fuel duty by 3p a litre in January.
Labour, which wants the rise to be postponed until at least April, has said "it would be wrong" for the measure to go ahead.
The Treasury said fuel was "now 10p a litre lower than under the previous government's plans".
Consumer organisation Which? said 85% of people it surveyed had expressed concerns about rising fuel prices.
Pollsters Populus interviewed 2,100 UK adults on behalf of Which? online between October 26 and 28.
'Worry'The survey suggested 39% of people would cut back on motoring costs, while one in 10 said they had used savings to cover motoring costs.
Which? also said the figures showed 8.7 million households curbed their spending on essentials last month, while 6.4 million households used savings to cover outgoings.
End Quote Treasury spokesmanThe government recognises that the rising price of petrol is a significant part of households' day-to-day spending"
The organisation's executive director Richard Lloyd said: "Rising fuel prices are the number one consumer worry and people are already telling us they're having to cut back and dip into savings just to get by.
"On the back of inflation-busting energy bill rises and increasing food prices, consumers can little afford another hit on their household budget. We're calling on the government to think again about their plans to increase fuel duty in January.
"The forthcoming Autumn Statement must focus on measures that will help put money back in the pockets of consumers, because the economic recovery is at risk if we don't increase consumer confidence."
Meanwhile, Labour's Rachel Reeves - the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury - said that, with the UK economy "so fragile and prices still rising faster than wages", it would be "wrong to go ahead with another tax rise on families and businesses".
She said: "To boost our flatlining economy Labour has already called for a temporary VAT cut which would take 3p off a litre of fuel. But if ministers won't do this the very least they could do is axe January's fuel duty rise at least until April.
"Next year the government plans to hit people on middle and low incomes with a fuel duty rise, cuts in child benefit and the granny tax while giving 8,000 millionaires a tax cut. That's out of touch and completely unfair."
Previous delayShe urged "MPs from all parties" to vote with Labour MPs to give some much needed relief to millions of motorists.
The duty increase was originally to be introduced last August, but in June Chancellor George Osborne announced that he was postponing it for five months.
At the time Mr Osborne told the Commons the delay was being funded by what he called "larger-than-forecast savings in departmental budgets."
A Treasury spokesman said: "The government recognises that the rising price of petrol is a significant part of households' day-to-day spending.
"Since coming to office the government has listened to the concerns of motorists about high pump prices and acted. Fuel is now 10p a litre lower than under the previous government's plans."
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