cjjk3

Here is my question:

While drinving my 1.8T tipronic quattro in "D" I have noticed sometimes when I round a corner my 1.8T quattro is like a dog in acceleration and response. I need to stomp on the accelerator pedal to get it moving. When this does happen, I quicky move the gear shift into Tipronic mode to see what gear I am in. It displays 2nd gear, but can't be right because from a dead stop 2nd gear is pretty peppy and moves the car with ever increasing acceleration. It is not turbo lag, I know what that is, plus my previous car was a 1999 1.8T.

Any 1.8T drivers experience this sluggishness before.

I am trying to figure out what gear the transmission really is in when this happens. I think the sluggishness may be casued by the transmission actually being in 3rd gear and at the low RPM's,,Any thoughts on this??

bltzkrg

it is a total dog. I think it has too many electronic gizmos hooked up. The accelerator is not mechanically attached to the engine. The esp sees to play into causing some hesitation too. I feel like it is constantly second guessing my inputs.

cjjk3

So it's just around corners and intermittent?

bltzkrg

Mostly. Sometimes it even plays dog if I floor it from a stop

cjjk3

Makes me wish I got the manual tranny. Can't wait to chip!!

docjan_uk

You got standart tiptronic or multitronic? Ive found multitronic to be excellent, a real leap forward.

bltzkrg

we got the tip trans. ...I can't wait to chip either!

Ralphie

As I approach the turn, slip it into Tip mode, just before entering, hit it down once to go into second, and then accelerate outta the turn... feels great!

I know it's not an elegant solution, but hey, we're driving Tips.

sohcrates

Will us tiptronic owners need a special chip versus six speed people?

Ralphie

There's also a chip called a "Tip Chip" which increases the responsiveness of your tip transmission. Makes the shifts faster and smoother.