11-16-2017, 10:18 PM | #1 |
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i8 Hesitation After Cornering
I was wondering if anyone had experienced what seems to be a "hiccup" with the electric engine, both in comfort and electric only mode, on acceleration after cornering. It's like a slight hesitation before getting power -- or a power dead spot -- and it's only for a fraction of a second (yet noticeable).
Its happened about 3 times now - randomly - and doesn't seem to be repeatable around any particularly circumstances except occasionally accelerating exiting a round about or going round a corner. I'm going to assume that if it's happened to me, then it's happened to someone else who may have got to the bottom of it and might post a few sentences on what went wrong and the fix. Thank you in advance. However, if it's just me, then I'm not worried -- yet! However, the whole car's a complex beast of circuitry and drive trains so if this is the start to a whole swag of known problems, then a heads up would be grand. Cheers! |
11-16-2017, 10:35 PM | #2 |
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Sounds like traction control kicking in. It happens quite a bit when only the electric motor is engaged.
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No warning lights came on or anything, so case closed! Still getting used to this car with respect to road handling. Different from my old E92 M3, but still excellent. |
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11-18-2017, 06:54 PM | #5 |
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This happens when I am turning rom a stop-- hesitation, it's a bit annoying
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12-04-2017, 03:32 PM | #6 |
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Yes, I agree. this is not only annoying but dangerous. When I'm yielding to make a left turn, I make sure I set it to sport mode since it hesitates on initial push when in comfort mode.
Anyone found a way to fix this ?
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12-04-2017, 03:36 PM | #7 |
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The fix is to do what you're doing, or mash the throttle past the click and it will engage the gas engine. I agree it's dangerous.
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12-04-2017, 11:12 PM | #8 |
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I’m suspecting the culprit here is not the elec motor but the 3 cyl engine. It seema thats its very sluggish when in comfort mode. I tried to recreate the left yielding scenario using pure EV mode and it doesnt hesitate.
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12-06-2017, 11:50 AM | #9 |
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It's a very intrusive traction/stability control system, which I despise. I usually try to remember to put in the sport traction mode for just daily driving but that's still intrusive if i feel like driving in a mildly fun manner so i remove stability control altogether but even doing that i can feel intervention which makes me think it can't entirely be turned off.
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