488 Problems (pulling away from jct/roundabouts)

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I'm experiencing problems with my 488 I will try to explain the problem as best I can, if people can chip in and give me their thoughts.
So I've had my 488 for a couple of months and love it but what I'm experiencing Is a loss in power as I'm pulling away from junctions/roundabouts, It's as though the car is in the wrong gear as I pull out, It either dies (the revs not the engine) or I have to put a load of revs to pull out which is embarrassing or dangerous. Car is booked in from them to look at but I was interested to see if anyone else had had similar problems and the remedy.
Thanks in advance.

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Sorry should have mention the car is in standard "Sport" and in Automatic Mode.

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Hi, not tried it in Manual to go to work or to the shops ,only used Manual that for more spirited driving.

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Once I have moved off it picks up fine, no problem. Just the point between pulling up and pulling away from a jct/roundabout.
Once it's moving it's great! One thing I have noticed is it will be in 7th gear and i'm doing 20 MPH which would have never happened
in my previous cars.

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"The whole point is to try and rule out issue, so ESC off, manual mode, select 1st and see if it pulls away OK, if it does not then something is very wrong. if it does pull away fine, then try again with it still in manual mode but select sport, if still fine, go to automode but ESC off and if it is troublesome then the issue is the gearbox automatic mode and maybe it just needs a reset or maybe their is a hardware issue.
Whole idea is to try and eliminate what it could potentially be, I will be honest I never drive my 458 in automatic, always on paddles, I only go automatic if I am sat on a motorway."

Will give it a go!

"I was following a tractor a couple of days ago in mine and it was in 7th gear at 20mph to my surprise so I guess that is the norm."

So it's not just mine that runs that way. Not experienced this before, generally the car should be in a gear that suits the speed
(In Auto mode) your driving at. Probably something to do with emissions.

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Stop/ start is not engaged.

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Thanks for the info Blue SL, I have just had a visit to Leeds Ferrari and had a technician sit in with me whilst I tried to replicate
the situation/problem, his conclusion was they are all like this and suggested driving it in Manual mode, which I'm happy to try (and do when in spirited driving mode)
I was a little disappointed, but all these cars have their quirks (you would have never caught my previous GT3 out, it was always
in the correct gear whatever the situation ) I think the emissions (that others have mentioned) has had an effect on the car, I'm driving the car at 20 mph and its in 7th gear, it's going to take a while longer to find its way to 1st or 2nd and I believe (and the Ferrari tech did) this is the hiccup. Thanks for all the input and help, take it easy Phil.

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andyr said:

The 488 box is a derivative of the 458 box. So I'm surprised you notice this as often as you do. I do notice it a little in my 458 but what you can also do is force the gear change whilst still in Auto. So approach the roundabout in Auto, then use the paddle to change down to first or second. This will over ride the Auto for a few seconds whilst you pull away. I sometimes do this, but tbh, 99% of the time the car is fine.

One other thing - you could play around with the throttle pedal. I've also found if you are too soft with the pedal then the car gets a bit confused.

But as I said, I rarely notice this in the 458

Thanks for the info Andy, cheers!

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AUDI500 said:

I test drove the F8 and a similar thing happened to me.
Coming to a junction slowly, I was due to stop before turning right but noticed that I can pull out quickly before car approaching from the left.
The car sought of died the revs/stop started effect then gave me boost which coming from a NA V8 not really a nice experience. That I think is a norm if you get that scenario on a Turbo/stop start Ferrari V8?

That's exactly what I mean! I never use Stop/start but maybe a Turbo/Gearbox catching up thing.

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bertie said:

I think it's the gearbox getting caught ot as the DSG preselects the next gear and it cant anticipate the change of mind from slowing down to accelerating again.

I've never noticed this at all on any of mine, but then I never drive in Auto so maybe that's the differance.

On the other hand I have noticed this in my wifes 911 which is PDK, which I do tend to leave in auto, not sure why but it jest seems right

This is what the Ferrari technician said, I now drive in Auto and override to manual with the paddles when coming to particular junctions.

Thanks for the input!

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bertie said:

Out of interest, why do you use auto at all?

At the moment this is my daily drive (until I get a estate) so I'm going to work quite early and taking it easy so Auto is the easy option
without lots of noise, pops, hi revving etc at 6:30 in the morning.