johny5_uk
Active Member
I drove my car to the dealers last wed (2nd June) to look at the possibility of giving it back and also to see if this fix of mpg/clatter/delay had been updated on the coupe as the rumours are that there was an update for the saloon a couple of weeks ago.
Arrived at 10:00am and the SM took my car straight in to the workshop (it wasnt booked in I just said I would arrive that day). A couple of minutes later he came through and said there was an update and they were applying it now. 10 minutes more and the car is round the front, SM asks me to take it for a ride with him in.
Apparently now when the car is plugged in, it connects directly to Germany to check for updates to that specific chassis.
Bearing in mind I had just had the injectors reset back on the 13th May (approx 1000miles ago) the car was still running and sounding ok.
However when I drove it out, there was another BIG improvement in Low/mid power and gear changes. The noise I couldn't really tell, maybe a bit quieter but I don't have the noisy clatter back right now anyway but the power was very noticeable. In comfort mode gear changes smooth again and when you press the pedal hard it does pull like a pack of wild horses
Press the sport button and that is indeed how it should be, always holding on to gears a lot longer, not thrashing it as such but holding on so when you did press the pedal its like an animal. Likewise at low revs in sport mode, the pedal is very sensitive.
I have done another 500 miles in a few days, mainly back roads and the car is extremely enjoyable!
The delay in comfort mode has *not* been fixed and is still very apparent
I can only assume that the ECU update last Wednesday was not the same as the fix that the saloon had the other week (if the delay has been cured).
Its hard to describe but it almost feels like they have attempted at changing something as the delay doesn't happen at every stop now (maybe its me).
If you stop and set off again within a few seconds there doesn't seem to be a delay but if you stop and stay still for say about 10 seconds then the delay will be there when you come to set off. I need to test it a little more or I may just go back to them and say, delay = not fixed.
Arrived at 10:00am and the SM took my car straight in to the workshop (it wasnt booked in I just said I would arrive that day). A couple of minutes later he came through and said there was an update and they were applying it now. 10 minutes more and the car is round the front, SM asks me to take it for a ride with him in.
Apparently now when the car is plugged in, it connects directly to Germany to check for updates to that specific chassis.
Bearing in mind I had just had the injectors reset back on the 13th May (approx 1000miles ago) the car was still running and sounding ok.
However when I drove it out, there was another BIG improvement in Low/mid power and gear changes. The noise I couldn't really tell, maybe a bit quieter but I don't have the noisy clatter back right now anyway but the power was very noticeable. In comfort mode gear changes smooth again and when you press the pedal hard it does pull like a pack of wild horses
Press the sport button and that is indeed how it should be, always holding on to gears a lot longer, not thrashing it as such but holding on so when you did press the pedal its like an animal. Likewise at low revs in sport mode, the pedal is very sensitive.
I have done another 500 miles in a few days, mainly back roads and the car is extremely enjoyable!
The delay in comfort mode has *not* been fixed and is still very apparent
I can only assume that the ECU update last Wednesday was not the same as the fix that the saloon had the other week (if the delay has been cured).
Its hard to describe but it almost feels like they have attempted at changing something as the delay doesn't happen at every stop now (maybe its me).
If you stop and set off again within a few seconds there doesn't seem to be a delay but if you stop and stay still for say about 10 seconds then the delay will be there when you come to set off. I need to test it a little more or I may just go back to them and say, delay = not fixed.
