J_Maher_AMG
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- 2017 GT350R (HR057)
Precisely! I'm saying that I experience this issue when just slowing down and down shifting into 2nd from 3rd, before even going for the brake. Just simply hitting the throttle, and having nothing register in regards to a blip. Maybe the ECU needs to be reset or something. I should also note that my car is completely stock, no tuning or any software related items that could affect the throttle.Nothing personal taken.
Just trying then to understand how your throttle blip is not or is weakly being recognized by the computer.
And as for other forum members comment - On a nice hilly winding country road, spirited driving (not closed race track type), Heal toe throttle blipping down shifts is fun and it makes for good practice.
Okay I get it. You want to coast (de clutch) while you decide with you right foot when to blip the throttle to down shift and all the time not braking or able to should situation suddenly change.
Agreed regarding the heel-toe, though honestly I'm never driving hard enough to use it. Quickest I'll run the car to is 70-80mph on an empty back road straight away, and never when there is a sharp turn following. I'm seeing the issue pop up simply during times when I'm wanting to shift/downshift for the fun of it. I prefer to stay in the 3000-5500 rpm range so I frequently upshift/downshift to stay in this range just to enjoy the sounds the car maeks.
Exactly! When it very first happened, I thought it was user error myself honestly, until I started paying more attention to it and making notes on when it happened and what the circumstances at the time were in regards to what I was trying to do. Quickly realized that it was not me and was a random intermittent issue that was popping up.So glad there is a thread about this, for a while I thought I had a lemon! My car shows the same symptom at random times. However, I experience this throttle registration delay only, and i mean ONLY, when the car has been driven for some duration or 30+ miles. It would make sense if the issue occurs in the beginning as one (not me) could argue that the transmission/engine isn't warmed up enough and so on, but this happens at a much later time.
Working for FCA we are given access to MANY competitor cars for testing/evaluation 24/7. Asian, European, American, you name it..., even imported Czech, French and Chinese cars, we have access to all. Which means we drive these vehicles back to back. Guess what? With all these cars that are manual, I've never once experienced delayed throttle registration from 3rd down to 2nd until I get back into my car. That said, it may not be 100% true, but I think we can all agree it's obvious that something is going on with a few of our cars.
At FCA, as well as all other major car brands, we continuously have people test parts even after the vehicle release. Issues that no one expects do occur, and this may be one that Ford has yet to discover or figured out.
Since only a few of us are experiencing this issue, the thing to do is call Ford and hopefully they'll listen. For now, we're just the crazies that no one wants to believe.
PS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT HEEL-TOE, OR HOW AND WHERE WE'RE DRIVING. It's about having successfully rev-matched and downshifted from 6th through 3rd, then all of a sudden WOOPSIES the throttle refuses to respond. Furthermore, I do not even know these jive turkeys and we all have the same issues in the SAME gear.
Going to mention it to my dealer to reset the car's ECU perhaps when I go in for the hose recall, see if that clears things up.
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