View Single Post
Old 11-19-2019, 10:36 AM   #61 (permalink)
Piotrsko
Somewhat crazed
 
Piotrsko's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: 1826 miles WSW of Normal
Posts: 4,420
Thanks: 540
Thanked 1,205 Times in 1,063 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSH View Post
I’ve had a couple of odd reactions from my TDI over the past month under heavy throttle. The car bogs almost like it is going into limp mode with a huge drop off in power. This lasts for a couple of seconds and then power comes back.

I found a procedure online to reset the drive by wire. Since the reset I haven’t had any weird power loss AND the throttle is linear. No more turbo lag off idle followed by a torque spike at 2,000 RPM. You might want to try it


To reset drive by wire
  1. Push the throttle all the way down and hold
  2. Turn on ignition but don’t crank the engine
  3. Continue holding down the throttle for 15 seconds
  4. Turn off ignition.
That just parks my wipers in the up position so I can remove them.

__________________
casual notes from the underground:There are some "experts" out there that in reality don't have a clue as to what they are doing.
  Reply With Quote