Thread: Delay in power when accelerating from low speed

I have this on a daily basis. A complete dead spot lasting for nearly two seconds most often changing from 1st to second but will also happen in 1st. I have had the service department look at it multiple times and never once do they admit there is an issue even when it occurs in front of me while they are driving! Good luck.

A possible reason is this: The gearbox on the D3/4 is a 'learning' one. If you have been driving sedately, then it assumes any one-off sudden flooring of the accelerator could be a mistake so it tries to ignore it.

I had this issue on my D3 and even, albeit to a smaller extent, after a re-map and the nullifying of the EGR system.

The Porsche on the other hand....

Having driven my RRS for a total of 1500km I have noticed this as well - just assumed it was the learning thingy in the gearbox as I have been driving sedately. I have found that (after owning it for four days) that flooring it rather than half flooring it makes all the difference.

Garry

had a sport with this, but it was very very interminted and only the customer could get it to do it,

very long 3days later and talks with syd/UK, we played with shift stratagys with the gearbox and a new map with the ECM, with alot of downloading and testing we seemd to have fixed it,

tryed gbox adaptions and no go, so dont think that will stop it from taking off, the adaptions are so fine you hardly notice it,

You could try turning the DSC off. I've noticed what feels like heaps of lag when i put my foot down, but only when exiting a roundabout, sharp corner etc. It turns out the computer wont give you full throttle with a certain amount of steering lock on. It'll wait until the wheels are straight-ish, then put the throttle on, then the boost builds and then you go, a long time after you asked it to... If turning the DSC off does nothing (it wont get rid of it entirely because DSC is never fully off) or you get that delay with the wheels straight then its definitely worth looking into.

I get this in my D4 3.0L every now and then....I too put it down to the adaptive box.

I either flatten it or go Sport or Manual, if I'm in a 'need to take off fast' area.

Had it with my V8 D3. It was the thing I hated most about it. And now I have it with my V8 D4.
(though no where near as bad)

Thanks for the comments, at least I know I'm not alone. Just disconcerting when pulling out into traffic.