A2 revs drop when pulling away.......help!

[clarkeyjnr]

Hi Guys,

My wife and I have just bought a June '02 A2 1.4 privately and she's running lovely. It's my wife's car and although we've only had her a week - I've already gained brownie points! ;o)
However, when we pull away in 1st, the revs seem to drop very quickly when the clutch is released and the car tries to stall. To counter this you have to press harder on the gas than is normal and consequently the engine overrevs. At idle she ticks over lovely at around 825 revs with no sign of wanting to stall, but the revs really wants to nosedive when you pull away. It happens when the engine's cold and warm too.

Anyone else had this happen? It's the 1.4 petrol car. I'm no mechanic so I have no idea!!!

Cheers,

Stu

[loo p]

We had a 2002 Fabia 1.4 100bhp - I guess the same or similar engine. The problem is that they have a fairly primitive 'fly by wire' throttle (to help emissions) which has a long delay and inept response. The behaviour you describe is normal (unfortunately) - they do not respond to small throttle inputs and want to die easily. Pulling away from junctions is dangerous and its the ony car I've ever stalled. You have to give it more gas to combat this which makes for frustrating and clumsy driving.

We complained to the dealer who acknowledges the problem but said there is no fix. Personally I think that VAG should recall all cars with this problem as someone is going to have an accident.......

To that extent we sold the car as it was just too stressful and dangerous to drive in stop/start traffic.
If your car has this problem try to push Audi for a software fix.
Good luck

[aztec]

Yes it's very normal, it's down to the lightweight flywheel fitted on A2s it does take a bit of getting used to but just think of all that fuel your saving!