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Old Feb 24, 2018 | 03:57 PM
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The first 1/4 - 1/2 inch of travel seems nice, but then it really progresses. The car is difficult to drive smooth it also downshifts when accelerating out of a slow corner in traffic due to this. Has anyone else had this issue? When my wife first complained about it I figured it was her, but I've been driving it for the past two days and it's not her.
Accelerator module or gummed up throttle body?
It's been this way since purchasing it a year ago, hasn't changed.
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Old Feb 24, 2018 | 04:42 PM
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Pull the codes and see what they tell you. You can get that done for free at most auto parts stores. Or get yourself a VAG Com unit and pull the codes yourself.
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Old Feb 24, 2018 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Harleyguy
Pull the codes and see what they tell you. You can get that done for free at most auto parts stores. Or get yourself a VAG Com unit and pull the codes yourself.
No codes
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Old Feb 25, 2018 | 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by jimweisptd
2003 3.0 AT
The first 1/4 - 1/2 inch of travel seems nice, but then it really progresses. The car is difficult to drive smooth it also downshifts when accelerating out of a slow corner in traffic due to this. Has anyone else had this issue? When my wife first complained about it I figured it was her, but I've been driving it for the past two days and it's not her.
Accelerator module or gummed up throttle body?
It's been this way since purchasing it a year ago, hasn't changed.
It may need a throttle body alignment.

Throttle Body Alignment (TBA) - Ross-Tech Wiki)
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Old Feb 28, 2018 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by georgeb944
It may need a throttle body alignment.

Throttle Body Alignment (TBA) - Ross-Tech Wiki)
That's where we are going with this, the shop will check the manifold changeover valve, clean and do a TBA. Then see what we have, 14 years and 78K on it could use a cleaning.

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