Ryn Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Anyone else get this? First thing when started up, back out of my drive, put her in first, and she wants to kangaroo hop all the way down my road style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />Switch to second and it settles down.Is this something to do with the silly location of the air intake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 It seems to be something GTi owners suffer from.From what I can gather, the ECU has two settings.A stock, let arressive setting, that stops the judering, and the one you will have.Are you letting the engine warm up before driving it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossjohnc Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Yes, I think all GTIs suffer from this - I've heard something of a software change which will remove this problem for a compromise in performance, but I've not experienced it first hand.It can be quite embarrasing, but should go away fairly quickly after warm up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black loop Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 ive got a 1.4s and it does it all the time especially in the mornings when its cold dont know how to sort it its a pain in the ass hop skip n half a jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jnmercury00 Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 i get it too, simple to fix: don't drive as soon as you turn on the car, i always give it a couple of mins for the engine to warm up before pulling away when the engine is cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Ush Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Mine does this even if you let the engine warm up first. Its had a software upgrade which stopped for a while but now its back. Best way to deal with it is just to accept that it does it and always will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payna Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 mine does it too, not somthing to worry about imo, just a bit of a pain in the ass when some fit chicks are passing! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupoGirlRacer Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 lol! yeah mine does it do, bf tells me 2 drive properly!! he doesnt believe me that its the car style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTi T Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 mine does it aswell,like you say nothing at all to worry about its just the car because its still cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Teg Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Arr kinda good news to hear everyone elses does it style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty b-road Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 (edited) You should see me when I've not driven the Loop for a week!A week mashing my mini pedals as hard as I can then get in the super-sensitive GTI and I look a right knob first 1/2 mile until my foot "learns" again, made twice as bad by all the speed humps in my street style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Edited July 16, 2005 by twisty b-road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Glad it's not just mine style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />Normally leave her to warm a little before I drive her and I still get it. It feels like the engine is being starved of air via the intake. Once you are away and the engine is sucking it settles down.Even if she isn't warmed up I always drive her carefully for a few minutes anyway, treat my baby with respect style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saz Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Mine does this too - thought it was my driving before I read this post! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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