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D barnes
Member Since: 21 Mar 2005
Location: Farsley,Leeds
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 Does anyone else with a manual G/Box suffer from a flat Spot / hesitation when changing from 1st to 2nd gear, if so have you had it cured or do with have to live with it,  this is a pain in a*se when setting off @ roundabouts when towing, especially at rushhour when the roundabout is on a hill. 
Have driven an auto box, manually, but this did'nt seem to suffer the same problem unless the torque converted masks the problem. DB
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 5th May 2006 1:25 pm |
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neil P
Member Since: 24 Feb 2006
Location: Worcestershire
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Yes. Exactly the same problem, although it doesn't seem consistant. Sometimes when I pull away up an incline in first and change to second the engine seems to 'bog down'  and there is zero acceleration in second. Not sure if it is just dropping off boost, or whether it's a software issue. It's so bad on occasion that I have had to change back into first to get going.
Point of interest, I have had all latest software loaded by dealer at end of January 06, although I believe there have been further upgrades since this date. Discovery TDV6 S Silver
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| 5th May 2006 2:51 pm |
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fakesnake
Member Since: 30 Mar 2006
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 281
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I think it's turbo lag that's being experienced. If you rev slightly higher than normal in 1st prior to changing ie say 3.5K, then the revs only drop to 2.5k when changing into 2nd. Then you simply shoot off as this is right in the meat of the torque band Richard
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| 5th May 2006 10:10 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Latest software release and patch cures this... mine pulls like a train now !! Hard to get used to after 15 months of trying to overcome the hesitation of 1st to 2nd changes.
The latest sw by the way is WELL worth getting. Car seems like a new beast again.
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| 5th May 2006 10:25 pm |
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D barnes
Member Since: 21 Mar 2005
Location: Farsley,Leeds
Posts: 74
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Anyone know what version / patch number is the lates version, so i can pass it on the stealer, before they decide that they have'nt heard of this problem.  DB
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| 6th May 2006 8:00 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Ask them for the latest which is WDS 13 patch 4 I think. And its the engine management that needs doing.
I was fortunate a few weeks ago and met a LRA chap who came round to my place and upgraded everything to the latest versions... took about 40 mins or so.
Very nice chap he was and passionate about the D3 !
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| 6th May 2006 12:01 pm |
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jpi3418
Member Since: 01 Jun 2006
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Did anyone notice their fuel economy dropping (ie getting worse) after the new software was installed? I went from an average of 22 mpg (13 L/100kms) to 17 mpg (16.5 l/100 kms) over the exact same roads immediately after my software was upgraded. Obviously this patch just dumps loads more fuel into the engine which is hardly ideal. If I wanted 17 mpg I would have bought the V8!! 2005 D3 TdV6 HSE Buckingham Blue
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| 5th Jun 2006 4:54 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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My MPG seems to be OK since the updates.
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| 5th Jun 2006 8:12 am |
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twizzle
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: near, far where ever we are
Posts: 223
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mine has gone up, form an ave of 26 to 28
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