LP560-4 Spyder....sidestepping!

[Mosi]

just returned from a little hoon around IoM and I think I may have a problem with my LP560-4 Spyder....

In Corsa & Sport mode on upshifts the car unsettles itself considerably (my prev 08 Gen 1 SuperLeggera never did this), it jerks to the right....a friend was following me and he said he could actually see the car almost side step - I assumed it could just be a load of torque bursting through the box, but others are telling me they dont think this is right

any ideas ?

it will go to Lambo Wycombe this week to be looked at anyway

makes the car feel very nervous indeed (especially when faced with hard upshifts at 100mph+ on mountain roads in IoM with 100 foot drops only feet away!!)

[iandc]

I am no expert but suspect you do have a problem as I drive my 560-4 in Corsa most times and have never had a similar problem even when driven hard with enthusiastic gear changes. I hope you get it sorted quickly as it must be just a little disconcerting!!

[LamboBrum]

Check your tyre pressures. If one of them has dropped in relation to the others, in the aggressive gear-change modes the car will 'shimmy' during upshifts.

Do I recall you had one repaired or have I dreamt that?!

[Mosi]

LamboBrum said:

Check your tyre pressures. If one of them has dropped in relation to the others, in the aggressive gear-change modes the car will 'shimmy' during upshifts.

Do I recall you had one repaired or have I dreamt that?!

Checked them recently and they were all fine (but will check again today)

No tyre repair on this car, all good tyres on 3k miles (had to change one on the SL last year after a nail in it after 50 miles of use...thats what you prob remembered)

Could it be transmission related ? (dodgy diff etc?)

[topjay]

Not sure how much yours is doing it so it may be a seperate problem, but to a cretain extent all 560's will try and put you in the barriers with a hard shift even at speed. Corsa shifts will move/unsettle temporarily the whole car, its a very hard re-engage if you dont lift of, it will also unsettle the car if you do it as you hit a bump. Anyone who lifts is a big girl though.

Apparantly thats the lambo'ness that they are trying to retain for the Aventador in shifts, not a fan myself but some people like it for the drama.

[LamboBrum]

Mosi said:

Checked them recently and they were all fine (but will check again today)

No tyre repair on this car, all good tyres on 3k miles (had to change one on the SL last year after a nail in it after 50 miles of use...thats what you prob remembered)

Could it be transmission related ? (dodgy diff etc?)

I wouldn't have thought so but I did hear about a diff mod recently - have your dealer been in touch? I know exactly what sensation you are describing, I've felt it a number of times and it's always been tyre pressure related.

[MaxAndRuby]

I didn't hear you mention this while we were over there, otherwise I'd have chipped in. A friend of mine experienced the same a while ago. It was tyre pressure related and was easily rectified.

[andy74b]

Mine did the exact same thing when picked it up.

Tyre pressures were all over the place, fine when adjusted.

[Mosi]

Ok Folks, thanks for the advice

will double check tyre pressures next time I use it in about 6 months time

[andrew]

i've had this problem a couple of times
if i posted that it was down to tyre pressures, then i'd probably sound like an echo