Anyone else stalling their manual EB more than normal?

[NVulture]

I've been driving manual cars for the past 20 years and find that the EB Mustang likes to stall quite a bit when pulling off in first. By quite a bit I mean about 5 times in the first month and a half...

I'm guessing the engagement point is just a little different than what I'm used to...

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[mj]

Put the car in "Sport+" mode. I've found it makes it easier to feel the clutch engagement point due the throttle mapping being a little more aggressive.

 

[NVulture]

Now that I think about it I have been stalling it in normal mode.

 

[JeffreyDJ]

I've not stalled it yet :shrug:

Maybe it takes getting used to? But I didn't even stall it on the test drive, nor have I since (though I likely just cursed myself...) I actually really liked the feel from the first time I drove it, it felt very natural.

 

[pyrophilus]

I have been driving my EB Premium since last Friday. I have stalled it on 1st FOUR times.
Two times it was on a hill, and I didn't realize there was electronic ant-rollback feature. So I didn't realize the car was holding the brakes. I noticed that you have to give bit more gas to overcome the brakes when starting on incline.
Two other times, I just couldn't find the friction point on the clutch (it feels soft).

And I have been driving a 2010 Genesis coupe 2.0t manual daily since 2009, and haven't stalled that car for the past three/four years, so I do know how to drive stick.

I feel like the clutch on the EB Mustang is kinda lacking in feel...

 

[JTR]

I stalled mine 4 times the first week as well.
Twice coming home from the dealer, once in a wendy's drive through and once reversing out of my driveway.
Just took me a couple days to get used to the engagement point, I agree that it's hard to feel and high. I'm sure we'll all get used to it lol

 

[Brownw01]

I have done it once on a hill as well......so ashamed.... But now I feel better!!!

 

[Hack]

Ehh, I stalled my GT on the test drive. It's just part of why manual transmission cars are fun to drive.

 

[pyrophilus]

I have done it once on a hill as well......so ashamed.... But now I feel better!!!��

Perhaps we need to start a support group?

 

[Herr Squid]

Oh, I've stalled my new Ecoboost Premium any number of times! It does seem trickier than other cars I've driven but I've just about got it dialed in.

I killed it at least 4 or 5 times on the test drive. Now in my defense, I had been driving an automatic for 12 solid years. :frusty:

I've never had any problems in reverse, but getting the car going from a standing stop was tricky at first, and for the first week, shifting into second gear from either direction was dicey..

However after 2 weeks of driving it just about daily, I'm doing a lot better. Sport+ mode does help, though while I'm breaking the engine in, I'm leaving it in Normal mode most of the time and trying to acquire some finesse.

Now the thing that's even worse than stalling it is what I've taken to calling the "bucking bronco" where the car lurches and bounces my foot off the clutch pedal repeatedly. That's embarrassing. It's happened to me twice and my wife once so far...

 

[opensesame]

I drive an auto so I cannot verify this but someone said its next to impossible to stall when the car is in Snow/Wet mode.

 

[TurboAg]

I drive an auto so I cannot verify this but someone said its next to impossible to stall when the car is in Snow/Wet mode.

:doh: :headbonk: :gossip:

 

[DJGold]

Try removing the clutch assist spring. It adds a lot of feel back into the pedal, will probably help.

Agreed.

 

[souprmage]

I drive an auto so I cannot verify this but someone said its next to impossible to stall when the car is in Snow/Wet mode.

FALSE!

Personally, I find the more lag you get between the foot and the engine, the worse the stalling is. My foot knows when it wants throttle and when my other foot is engaging the clutch. They're finely tuned weapons.

It's not horrible in Normal mode, but it's not ideal either. I'm much more likely to get some bucking in Normal mode. In snow mode, you may as well shoot me. It would be fine for actual snow, when you don't mind if it takes you 3 seconds to begin rolling from a stop. However, in just wet conditions, I'm much too impatient to wait for the throttle to actually rise to an adequate level to engage the clutch, so I stall it constantly.

In Sport+ mode, it's way easier to control because there is no delay, just like every other car I've ever owned. Although you do need to learn to be gentle with the pedal when it's slick out.

 

[Max57]

Sounds like the Sports + mode should be used all the time except during wet road conditions. Is there any down-side to using the Sports mode on a regular basis? (As long as you control the urge to put your foot into it, lol) Lower mpg maybe?

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