My 5 is exhibiting some strange symptoms lately and I'm hoping some of you guys can comment on any of these issues. My 5 is an '08 with the 5-speed auto.
Lately I've noticed:
-When accelerating from stand-still, once the car gears up to 2nd it has very poor power and I find myself having to really increase throttle input to keep acceleration linear through that gear.
-At any speed or RPM, the car takes too much throttle input to gear-down and make power. I am constantly flooring it to get the thing to drop a gear and get going (no this isn't just the classic issue of this car being slow, it's genuinely different than when I bought the car). Sometimes I don't even get a gear-change.
-There have been several times where I've been at an intersection, creeping forward in the left-turn lane, FLOORED it, and instead of gearing down to first I get a little noise for almost TWO SECONDS, and then finally a gear-change down to first and off we go.
Anyone able to offer an opinion on possible causes or fixes? Are these symptoms common?
Lately I've noticed:
-When accelerating from stand-still, once the car gears up to 2nd it has very poor power and I find myself having to really increase throttle input to keep acceleration linear through that gear.
-At any speed or RPM, the car takes too much throttle input to gear-down and make power. I am constantly flooring it to get the thing to drop a gear and get going (no this isn't just the classic issue of this car being slow, it's genuinely different than when I bought the car). Sometimes I don't even get a gear-change.
-There have been several times where I've been at an intersection, creeping forward in the left-turn lane, FLOORED it, and instead of gearing down to first I get a little noise for almost TWO SECONDS, and then finally a gear-change down to first and off we go.
Anyone able to offer an opinion on possible causes or fixes? Are these symptoms common?