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OK, I have an occasional weird problem, and it goes like this:
Start engine (it normally happens just after starting), disengage clutch, select reverse, start to re-engage clutch to take the load and there is a huge grab as if all the brakes have come on (sometimes a scrabble from one of the front tyres - offside I think), slam the clutch back out and start to re-engage drive and everything is fine. The engine does not stall and pulls away sweetly.
Now my drive is steep uphill and I always drive in forward to get into the garage, so my suspicion is something in the 'Traction Control' system. However the obvious candidate (Hill Start Assist) is not fitted on the Studio. I have checked the tyres and they are all correctly inflated, numerous permutations of handbrake, footbrake, cluth, swearing, starting in neutral, starting in gear with clutch depressed etc. Checked the tyres and pressures are OK
As an experiment I have turned off the traction control over the weekend, as I am not going anywhere long distance or in bad conditions.
Has anyone any bright ideas about this as I don't want to drag to the Dealers if I am actually doing something stupid?
Otherwise I am compiling my list of likes and dislikes with the beast, but overall pleased with the car.
geriatricus
Edited by: Geriatricus
Start engine (it normally happens just after starting), disengage clutch, select reverse, start to re-engage clutch to take the load and there is a huge grab as if all the brakes have come on (sometimes a scrabble from one of the front tyres - offside I think), slam the clutch back out and start to re-engage drive and everything is fine. The engine does not stall and pulls away sweetly.
Now my drive is steep uphill and I always drive in forward to get into the garage, so my suspicion is something in the 'Traction Control' system. However the obvious candidate (Hill Start Assist) is not fitted on the Studio. I have checked the tyres and they are all correctly inflated, numerous permutations of handbrake, footbrake, cluth, swearing, starting in neutral, starting in gear with clutch depressed etc. Checked the tyres and pressures are OK
As an experiment I have turned off the traction control over the weekend, as I am not going anywhere long distance or in bad conditions.
Has anyone any bright ideas about this as I don't want to drag to the Dealers if I am actually doing something stupid?
Otherwise I am compiling my list of likes and dislikes with the beast, but overall pleased with the car.
geriatricus
Edited by: Geriatricus