Manually Shifting 1st Gear Jerking

[2ez24get]

I have been trying to adjust to a driving issue that other may have felt. If I have the trans in manual mode 1st gear and accelerate from a stop with 3/4 pedal of full pedal the car will jerk twice without additional pedal if I try to accelerate again right after. I find it a problem when I need to cut across traffic and hit the pedal to accelerate then let off then try the throttle again.

 

[NoCones]

I have noticed something similar, in that if you don't quite come to an absolutely complete stop and then accelerate again, there is a half-second pause and then it jerks into first gear and takes off. I never noticed anything like this in my 2002 Elantra GT. I read a road test of the BMW 750 recently in which the testers said it might be the best $90,000 car they've ever tested, except for an annoying pause at throttle tip-in from a stop, so apparently we're not the only ones dealing with it.

 

[OldSpice]

I have been trying to adjust to a driving issue that other may have felt. If I have the trans in manual mode 1st gear and accelerate from a stop with 3/4 pedal of full pedal the car will jerk twice without additional pedal if I try to accelerate again right after. I find it a problem when I need to cut across traffic and hit the pedal to accelerate then let off then try the throttle again.

For immediate acceleration “when I need to cut across traffic” while driving ‘under normal driving circumstances’ and hit the pedal to accelerate, there is a definite hesitation due to the transmission down shifting. In this circumstance I shift to manual mode down shift in manual to 5th or 4th if required and hit the gas. Absolutely no hesitation, acceleration is immediate.

 

[TahoeDD]

Like the post above stated, probably due to the trans downshifting. Are you familiar with how a transmission works? Without fail if you were driving and needed to "punch it" depending on what gear its currently in, I would flip over to manual mode and downshift a couple gears and stomp the gas and it will be immediate.

 

[ctrcbob]

This is why Europeans don't like Automatic Transmissions. With a Manual Transmission, you are always in the gear you want to be in, not the highest gear for the speed the car wants you to be in. Because of this, with a Manual, you have better control of your car.

 

[dg_moore]

This is why Europeans don't like Automatic Transmissions. With a Manual Transmission, you are always in the gear you want to be in, not the highest gear for the speed the car wants you to be in. Because of this, with a Manual, you have better control of your car.

True enough - I swore I would never have an automatic transmission until I started a daily commute on the Washington DC beltway years ago. A few days of 5 mph traffic with constant shifting - plus an increasingly balky left hip joint - convinced me that manual transmission was no longer the way to go. Manual trans was becoming less and less available anyway.

 

[CanukV6]

Am I reading a different post than you guys?
2ez24get said in the original post that he/she is in Manual mode and first gear when the issue occurs.

 

[OldSpice]

He also said:

I find it a problem when I need to cut across traffic and hit the pedal to accelerate then let off then try the throttle again.

Does this happen in first gear?

LOL

 

[bradyb]

remove the air restriction assembly in the airbox - this will remedy that

 

[Seattle Genesis]

Get use to that world class transmission

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