acceleration

Ok so lurching might be too strong a word for it but my 2004 C220 cdi has deleloped the habit of a gentle lurch or intermitant acceleration at low revs (around 2000ish). Not all the time but increasing. Feels like I'm on a boat sometimes:crazy: I think it's starting to happen at higher speed...

I have just given my SL320 its first good run this year, and have noticed an excessive delay in response when I floor the pedal to the kick down switch. Thereafter, acceleration is poor and worse still, after this there is a noise which at first sounded like a hole in the exhaust and/or a...

New problem this week. Car running fine in normal driving, no difference noticed in fuel consumption........but, when I put my foot down, the sudden change down and surge of power which the petrol 2.6 V6 ussually has, seems to have gone..I don't like this at all. Anyone any ideas what has gone...

This forum is not a cry for help (makes a change) but rather to inform and hopefully help others with similar problems. Over the last few months my car has not been driving as well as it should, not a major problem but it did get a little irritating. When casually pulling away or casually...

I have just been on a 3 week trip in France in my 1990 W126 560SEC, and noticed a curious problem which oddly, seems to have almost disappeared since I got back. I've scanned the forum for clues, but don't quite know where to start with troubleshooting. The symptoms were: a) a slight...

Help, Help, I have a C220 CDi Sports Coupe and I am very happy with it but when I am on a motorway or duel carriageway and have accelerated over 3000 revs and then start cruising, everything is fine. But when I need to accelerated again (whether it is t over take or when I come to a roundabout)...

Hi all, I have a '97 SLK 230K. The performance recently has been doing my head in. I have to accelerate very carefully and not press the accelerator too far in order to build up speed. I have to lift of the accel pedal to get the car to shift up and continue building speed. It doesn't occur...

I have a 2000 C180. In the morning when I start the car it idles erractically and when you pull away down the drive with little or no throttle it moves fine but when I try to join the road by pressing the accelerator nothing happens for maybe upto 5 seconds then the car will surge forward. I...

Hi, I have a Mercedes S320CDI 2003, recently it has been performing strangely!! Initially, it would not go above 60mph - my local mechanic check the computer and there was a 12v reported on the boost switch (not sure what this means). However, he cleared the fault and the car went above...

Another question!:bannana: Since I'm not used to automatic transmission I'd like to know if is normal to hear a typical sound during hard acceleration. It's a sort of "grr" :confused: that lasto for a second only if I push hard on the gas, may be it's normal sound from the gearbox due to...

This looks quick off the mark, manual/Turbo?? I thought Mr Walker would like this...:bannana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpVTzqDWw0

Hmm Hope this doesn't sound too expensive - had diesel injector seals replaced in February and jsut a while back had some intermittent power issues which seemed to point to MAS sensor, car went to low revs only mode after about 20 mins, then problem went away, replaced MAS anyway (£45) but...

Hi, My old w124 te runs lovely. but occasionally feels like shes being strangled during high speed acceleration (from 3rd to 4th gear). It gets into 4th gear ok then seems to hesitate. Eventually with a persistant lead foot, she seems to sort of clear her throut and fly up to silly speed...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is electrical or engine, here goes. A few weeks ago after a wet trip down the M6 I turned off. As I went round the first roundabout and put my foot down on the way out the car started lurching as if trying to stall. Once going I had no problem 'till the next r'about...

There's been a few 0-60 runs posted recently, so here is my contribution. This is from my 500E after it had been fitted with 100cell racing cats and stainless exhaust. 500E

This morning my C180 auto 65k miles went in to limp home mode. 5 days ago the radiator exploded while in traffic jam due to over heating :eek: . I replaced the radiator , water pump and viscous fan. Temperature has been ok ever since. 2 days ago the gear box started to clunk a bit when...

I have noticed that when I accelaret quickly, revs go up instantely and then speed catches up :( . Best I can describe is 'clutch plate worn syndome'. However if I accelerate slowly then car response is perfect. I am not sure if this is due to my driving or if there is a fault in the car. My...

Hi, I have a strange problem with my Mercedes C180 -94. I have a problem that it not gives any effect/acceleration, it works better at high rpms then low. The problem is much more obvious when the engine is cold, then it's almost unusable after a few minutes it gets better and better. The...

hi friends, basically i want to improve my acceleration from a stop go situation. my car is an slk 200k manual , yr 2002 ,ive just bought the car and i love it but after driving it now a while im dissapointed in the acceleration compared to my old honda crx vtec. has anyone some hints...

I currently own a 93 MB190E. The car was running very good until this past year. It would take such a very long time before it could accelerate after I stop the car. Does anyone know the cause of it? The mechanics that I went to see didn't know either. I would greatly appreciate it if...