Thread: New Defender throttle response lag??

I haven't noticed this on mine.

However depending on what you are doing the anti-stall will keep the revs at 1000rpm if you are just idling with it in gear. You can affect this by feathering the brake. Makes it very easy over rough terrain or to crawl up a step slope

Brian,

It would appear to be a very variable thing. Gleaned from other fora some cars are worse than others.

Mine has a tendency on occasions to do this if I have accelerated hard before changing gear but it is only momentary and not particularly significant.

My driving style has adapted.

There is definitely something going on though so give it a little time and take it back for a warranty check.

Best reported so that the service people start getting a profile.

As said above, you'll probably get used to it. I had an Toymota Avensis as a company car in NZ and it was the same. I absolutly hated it when I first got it, I told my boss he could have it back, (he just told me to harden up!). I found I eventually got used to taking my foot off the gas sooner before depressing the clutch. This was fine till I drove my Ute, (VS V8 Commondore Manual), and when changing from 1st to 2nd I'd lift my foot of the gas early, the car would try and compression lock, and I'd nearly headbut the steering wheel.

Tim

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I haven't noticed this on mine.

However depending on what you are doing the anti-stall will keep the revs at 1000rpm if you are just idling with it in gear.

You can affect this by feathering the brake. Makes it very easy over rough terrain or to crawl up a step slope

i believe this in only when you are in low

Originally Posted by dullbird

i believe this in only when you are in low

I thought so too, but then I did the same slope in H1 that I did in L1 and it just walked up without touching the throttle, sat around the 1000rpm , just went faster in H1.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I thought so too, but then I did the same slope in H1 that I did in L1 and it just walked up without touching the throttle, sat around the 1000rpm , just went faster in H1.

mmmm most engines will run to a degree with the natural fuel supply......what sort of hill were you on?

reason i ask is you need to do it on a hill that has varying differences to see the difference i would of thought for example; your going up a hill feet off the pedals it walks up slowly, but when you hit a rock that it needs to walk over or a sudden increase in steppness it should stall in high as the ecu will not be pumping the fuel in like it does on anti stall.....thats what you need to be testing it on rocky tracks that will have varying degrees of engine labour