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Old 10-01-2008, 12:32 AM
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Default Re: Acceleration hesitation

I think it's the electronic throttle you got between 2 and 6 sec before it
open full throttle.
we got the same probleme on wrx 2008 !!!


<griff.duncan@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
rl0jd4lgbacvesoc24shcpbe949ei3hofe@4ax.com...
> It may be totally unrelated, but I've noticed this on our 2006 Outback
> too. Except in my case, it's always slow out of the gate (1st gear
> only) compared to our 2000 Outback. The 2000 just feels much more
> responsive in the low gears than the 2006. It drives me nuts. The 2006
> seems much more designed to be a nice "car" experience rather than the
> crossover experience of the 2000.
>
> For what it's worth.
>
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:22:17 -0600, "Bill Bradley"
> <wdbradley3@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>I've owned a 2006 OutBack with the 6 cylinder, and, now drive a 2007
>>Legacy
>>2.5 GT sedan.
>>
>>On both, I've been troubled by the hesitation I experience, particularly
>>when I need the car to move (pulling out into traffic, passing on the
>>Interstate, etc.). I've almost been rear-ended several times when my
>>get-up-and-go, didn't.
>>
>>In fact, it was so bad on the OutBack, that I convinced Subaru of America
>>to
>>let me trade it in, and, got the Legacy, which seems just as bad.
>>
>>Don't get me wrong, there are times when I can press on the gas and the
>>car
>>winds up and moves very impressively, but, quite often it's like the pedal
>>is disconnected from the engine. And, I'm not sure if this is the engine
>>or
>>the transmission not downshifting when required. Doesn't make much
>>difference being in S or S# (S# just winds up further in RPM's).
>>
>>Anyway, I was told by dealers, mechanics, and SoA, that "this was normal",
>>so, believed it was (just a bad implementation of drive by wire).
>>
>>Then...I drove my wife's Forester 2.5 GT. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! This car's
>>acceleration is how I used to remember it being in other cars. Absolutely
>>NO hesitation, responsive, and...peppy. I would just rather have a sedan,
>>or, I'd think seriously about getting a Forester.
>>
>>So, now that I know Subaru CAN make a car, even with turbo and drive by
>>wire, that's responsive, what's the issue with my Legacy?
>>
>>Thanks.



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