Hello folks,
I've read a bunch of stuff on here and various other forums about this but feel compelled to make my own post as none of the other threads have described exactly what I think is happening to my car. I'm hoping it's something small that's a bit amiss with my new 130i but at present I'm thinking it's more systemic...
The basic problem is that in certain situations the throttle response is delayed from when I put my foot down. I mean completely delayed, it's like I haven't touched the accelerator at all until roughly a second later (probably a touch less, but it feels like ages).
It only occurs when I'm coasting and wish to accelerate again in the same gear, for example: Sitting in third gear, lift foot off throttle completely with car still in gear, put foot back on pedal and press it down, there's a pause before the engine actually revs again. It seems to occur in all gears so long as the situation is the same (lift off throttle, try to reengage it in the same gear).
There are no problems if I've engaged the clutch, so if I've changed gears either up or down (or even to the same gear) the throttle response is instant, it's only coasting>acceleration that seems to be the problem.
It's driving me nuts, I feel that the throttle should behave identically in all situations so you can "trust" it. From my reading on here and elsewhere my thinking is that it's the drive by wire postponing my input for I don't know what reason.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Suggested fixes? The car itself has just had a basic oil change/pollen filter service, I'm not sure if they checked the sparkplugs which is something that's on my list but I haven't had a chance to do yet.
In general web searches about the issue I've come across various ECU programming bits and pieces that claim to remove this lag amongst offering additional power or whatever, does anyone have experience with these (specifically with a 130 ideally, turbo models muddy the water as far as throttle lag goes as I could see people confusing turbo lag with this specific problem)?
Thanks!
I've read a bunch of stuff on here and various other forums about this but feel compelled to make my own post as none of the other threads have described exactly what I think is happening to my car. I'm hoping it's something small that's a bit amiss with my new 130i but at present I'm thinking it's more systemic...
The basic problem is that in certain situations the throttle response is delayed from when I put my foot down. I mean completely delayed, it's like I haven't touched the accelerator at all until roughly a second later (probably a touch less, but it feels like ages).
It only occurs when I'm coasting and wish to accelerate again in the same gear, for example: Sitting in third gear, lift foot off throttle completely with car still in gear, put foot back on pedal and press it down, there's a pause before the engine actually revs again. It seems to occur in all gears so long as the situation is the same (lift off throttle, try to reengage it in the same gear).
There are no problems if I've engaged the clutch, so if I've changed gears either up or down (or even to the same gear) the throttle response is instant, it's only coasting>acceleration that seems to be the problem.
It's driving me nuts, I feel that the throttle should behave identically in all situations so you can "trust" it. From my reading on here and elsewhere my thinking is that it's the drive by wire postponing my input for I don't know what reason.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Suggested fixes? The car itself has just had a basic oil change/pollen filter service, I'm not sure if they checked the sparkplugs which is something that's on my list but I haven't had a chance to do yet.
In general web searches about the issue I've come across various ECU programming bits and pieces that claim to remove this lag amongst offering additional power or whatever, does anyone have experience with these (specifically with a 130 ideally, turbo models muddy the water as far as throttle lag goes as I could see people confusing turbo lag with this specific problem)?
Thanks!
