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    Laggy Accelerator Fix?

    There has been a discussion on the American Land Rover Forums about a PCM Module upgrade to fix, or at least improve issues with the Laggy Accelerator.
    While I'm sure this is just an problem of turbo lag, I find it particular annoying and almost dangerous.
    Has anyone in Australia heard anything about this upgrade particularly in reference to the SD4 engine.
    There is no mention on the American Forum if they are talking about the petrol or diesel engines.
    My local dealer knows nothing about this issue.
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    I don't think they get a diesel version in the us.
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    I think they now get the V6 diesel in the US in the D5, but certainly not the SD 4. I saw it reviewed in a US video. There was no diesel in the D4 from what they were saying in the video.

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    This fixes it.

    Been done a couple of time in the D5 Facebook owners group.

    Easy to fit, plug in and play

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    Quote Originally Posted by greg-g View Post
    There has been a discussion on the American Land Rover Forums about a PCM Module upgrade to fix, or at least improve issues with the Laggy Accelerator.
    While I'm sure this is just an problem of turbo lag, I find it particular annoying and almost dangerous.
    Has anyone in Australia heard anything about this upgrade particularly in reference to the SD4 engine.
    There is no mention on the American Forum if they are talking about the petrol or diesel engines.
    My local dealer knows nothing about this issue.
    Not sure if you've tried this but, a simple non-cost option to try is to leave the car in sport mode especially in traffic. The only time I don't use sport is on the highway. I find that the acceleration response is far more natural and it is more inclined to do what you ask of it. When approaching an intersection or roundabout that you are anticipating you might need a little extra go, then drop it down a gear or two before you get there. I have found there to be negligible impact on fuel economy when doing this.

    I went from a twin turbo D4 to a single turbo RRS both engines have about the same numbers and the first time I tried to overtake someone in the RRS I got caught out badly by the lag. From that time on it's been sport mode all the way and while there is still some, it's not enough to cause me issues... it's countered by manual shifting.
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    The following was posted on a US site by somebody who had the fix done a few weeks back. I take no responsibility for its accuracy or otherwise. I have asked if any fix was available for the RRS, but local LRA people wont admit that there is anything wrong, and they found no outstanding PCM update (I did not ask about ATCM update).

    Accelerate forward
    Cause:ATCM software issues.

    performed pathfinder diagnostic.
    found codes U2300-54 ( central confit missing )

    checked ATCM SOFTWARE LEVEL found update available.

    UPDATED ATCM. JPLA-14D024-AC to JPLA-14DO24-AD

    JPLA-14D025-1C to JPLA-14DO25-AD

    checked GWM SOFTWARE LEVEL FOUND UPDATE AVAILABLE.
    UPDATED GWM JK52-14DO25-AD
    UPDATED GWM JK52-14F530-DE to JK52-14F530-DG, JK52-14F531-DD to JK52-14F531-DE

    CLEARED ALL FAULT CODES

    I will now share with you the history and the Official reason for the delay issue.

    A few years back there was a problem, in Extremely hot year round climates typical of overseas the transmission bushings were burning out prematurely. So Land Rover needed to make a decision, redesign the bushings or remap the torque curve. seeing that a redesign of the bushings was not feasible they opted to change the PCM calibrations to delay the torque output of the engine. Rather than selectively change PCM via region they opted to do so all across the board.

    They came up with a PCM update to delay the torque output curve. For existing years 2014-2017 they implemented the new calibrations via an update. For years 2018 onward they would be built using the new specs. Anyone who owned an earlier model who never noticed a delay would now notice one after the update was performed during service. Their official response to everyone was this is how it is designed and every Land Rover owner across the globe is going to have the same performance. so any complaints where initially met with this very frustrating response.

    The complaints continued but fell on deaf ears. it was not until too many owners were complaining to dealerships refusing to drive there vehicle until something was done to fix it that made them take careful notice. The shops were reporting weekly about all the complaints. Until finally the engineers were able to get corporate to listen to their appeals to let them change things.

    Once they decided to try and figure out what to do it was not so easy. See the 2014-2017 vehicle where built with a earlier strategy, they could just be rolled back, but the newer ones were never built with anything else but the new platform. so they needed to come up with a new PCM calibration that could be installed on the new vehicles.

    In my opinion those with the earlier models being rolled back will have better performance than those with newer ones. the new calibrations although correct the delay will still show a difference in torque curve from the older ones.

    I held off posting until I knew when the fix would be in, it was supposed to be released earlier but of course it was pushed back. the fix was out and installed on some vehicle with special authorization but not widely available to everyone until today.

    The fix was in today's Pathfinder release 102. make an appointment with your dealer to have this installed. .

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    Has anyone found an effective solution for the SD4 lag? I took delivery of a new Disco 5 SD4 today and I have to admit that the throttle response is a bit of a PITA...

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    Hello,

    I'm from Europe (Poland). I have 2.0 SD4 240HP MY2017 with the same annoying issue. Service cannot help - no software patch for this engine.

    Acceleration on higher gears works perfectly. Unfortunatelly sport mode does not help.

    I had oportunity to drive LR Velar with the same engine and there was no gear box issue.

    Has anybody solved this problem?

    Thanks.

    Marek

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