Badunit
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I posted his same question on the Gladiator forum but there are a lot more Jeep owners here and I hope I can get your opinions.
Before I go to the dealer about a throttle lag and inconsistency problem and get told by them that "it is normal" or "no problem found", I'd like to hear from you all about what is or is not normal.
Just off idle, like when taking off slowly, my throttle is inconsistent. If I touch it to start moving it usually gives a little jolt of rpm then it flattens out like the engine is hesitating or stalling. From there it feels like it takes a lot of throttle movement to get moving, but I never know just how much to give it. Sometimes it seems more normal. If I hit the gas harder (to take off faster) vs trying to be mellow, it seems relatively consistent. It is difficult to start off with any precision. At stop lights I usually let the guy in front of me go and create more space than usual before I'll start out, lest I run into him.
In park or neutral, if I punch the gas and let off really quickly, my foot will be off the throttle before the engine begins to rev. It will rev pretty high then it will slow back down to idle. If I do the same thing in my Ram (also has electronic throttle), it will react immediately and with a very minimal rpm change and it is done when my foot is off the throttle (it is a diesel, not gas, but it reacts like everything else I've ever driven).
If I do the same quick punch when driving, it causes it to downshift a few gears and the revs hang high long after I have let off. It gets to the point I feel I need to hit the brakes.
At idle if I press the gas just a little and let off quickly, the same lag is there. The rpms lag behind the throttle movement.
It has been like this from day one. Is any of this normal?
P.S. Most of what I wrote about above are tests that consistently demonstrate the abnormal behavior. I don't drive like that (other than trying and failing to start moving smoothly) but some could up in normal driving (such as hitting the gas then letting off but the engine continues to rev).
Before I go to the dealer about a throttle lag and inconsistency problem and get told by them that "it is normal" or "no problem found", I'd like to hear from you all about what is or is not normal.
Just off idle, like when taking off slowly, my throttle is inconsistent. If I touch it to start moving it usually gives a little jolt of rpm then it flattens out like the engine is hesitating or stalling. From there it feels like it takes a lot of throttle movement to get moving, but I never know just how much to give it. Sometimes it seems more normal. If I hit the gas harder (to take off faster) vs trying to be mellow, it seems relatively consistent. It is difficult to start off with any precision. At stop lights I usually let the guy in front of me go and create more space than usual before I'll start out, lest I run into him.
In park or neutral, if I punch the gas and let off really quickly, my foot will be off the throttle before the engine begins to rev. It will rev pretty high then it will slow back down to idle. If I do the same thing in my Ram (also has electronic throttle), it will react immediately and with a very minimal rpm change and it is done when my foot is off the throttle (it is a diesel, not gas, but it reacts like everything else I've ever driven).
If I do the same quick punch when driving, it causes it to downshift a few gears and the revs hang high long after I have let off. It gets to the point I feel I need to hit the brakes.
At idle if I press the gas just a little and let off quickly, the same lag is there. The rpms lag behind the throttle movement.
It has been like this from day one. Is any of this normal?
P.S. Most of what I wrote about above are tests that consistently demonstrate the abnormal behavior. I don't drive like that (other than trying and failing to start moving smoothly) but some could up in normal driving (such as hitting the gas then letting off but the engine continues to rev).
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