Thread: Gearbox Behaviour

Try using sport and a heavy right foot,you will soon re-train the gearbox.It learns from how you drive,so if you drive like an olde farte like I do there are instances where it will behave like an old slug when you want the mojo
Andrew

I've done 40k in it already, do I need to reset the box first???

Clear the gearbox adaptations using your IIDtool.

I don't think it's adaptations, sounds like standard behaviour. I get that hesitation too and similar from standstill as well.

It's well documented both here and on Disco3. There was a software update a few years ago that some reported improved things and some said no change but it was vin specific anyway.

Perhaps experiment with changing down early, on entry to roundabout, with paddles. It is also worse if you bury the accelerator too much at the wrong time, which takes time to figure out.

Cheers,
Scott

Clearing adaptations might not help but as it only takes a moment to do if one owns a diagnostic tool with the capability then IMO do it before looking at anything else. Asking a dealer to do it when you can do it yourself may save money.

Since I got two new turbos mine is doing that really bad. If I bury the right foot to get it to change down I get a low turbo boost error and restricted performance, but it feels like a slightly worse version of what you have described before it errors.


Kevin has to fix it under warranty but no one is sure what is going on yet. If I clear the error with the IID tool it goes perfectly for a while until the next time it decides to not change down around a roundabout or similar. I will be taking it back for a fix next week.

Thanks for the replies. I too think it's just the way it is but I'll reset the box in the meantime and see what happens.

One other thing to consider is turbo lag, although in this case it may not be the issue. Near home there is a T intersection where as you come to the intersection to turn left (up the stem of the T) you have to slow down a lot as visibility to the right is bad. This is up hill and then turning up hill. Frequently the car has almost died for a couple of seconds when I have turned into the intersection. I have mentioned it a number of times to the dealer but am told it is the turbo spooling up and hence a lack of power. Not happy about it but as with the roundabout adjust my driving style and simply don't pull into the intersection if a car is coming within 5 kms.

Martin