I just picked up a 08 ss/tc victory red red/black interior, sunroof, lsd and 6 disc. my concern is I have about 220 miles on car and when I accel in 2nd and so on the car feels like its misfiring or the exhaust is blocked the car just falls on its face????? anyone see this in the first 500miles

 

did it do it from the day you got it or just start

 

did you follow the break-in period?

 

its still in break in. just on a nice accel the car hits like it wants to move and then the car falls on its face. I got it yesterday so I would say since day 1.

 

back to the dealer it goes .sounds like blow by on the plugs but i dont know.

 

Did you get a check engine light?

 

no light just seems like the car starts to accel and the backs off hard

 

It's prob fine. You just have a feeling.

You're expecting massive amounts of power that comes on all at once...that isn't happening so the, it must be broken mentality kicks in...

A misfire would be a pretty definitive hickup or jump in the engine. Are you getting that or is just a not so abrupt, but linear power delivery from 3k to redline??

 

the power starts to come on at full boost and starts to accel quick and then backs of hard and back in and so on while wot

 

I'll I read was: "blah blah blah...WOT"


English please?

 

it feel like the car is fighting its self while at wot, power, no power, power

 

Well, take it in then.

 

I seen ur tc tonight and it pretty...looks like my car with some more upgrades sorry about your luck though man I hate Bob Mcdorman

 

Ive heard other people say similar things and i believe it has to do with the fact that the ecu is cutting power and adding power on and off to keep it at 260.

makes sence since the dynos i have seen show the power jump into the 300's then cut back down and then from there the dyno is pretty up down.

but **** you got warranty. might as well be sure.

 

i understood him just fine....

to the op

it deff sounds like you have an issue that should be looked at asap and op please stop making it do it... (you shouldent even be wot if you just got it yesterday)

and why the **** does it have 220mi if you just got it yesterday? unless you have a long drive home which case if you even bothered to read the manual it says break in period


"do not go over 55 for the first 500mi and do not hold rpm's at a steady speed for long periods of time vary rpm's and speed for first 500mi" so freeway or highway is not recomended for 500mi

can we say joy riding! sounds like the dealership wanted to see just how fast it really was...

 

the car was driven 160miles to my dealer because it was trader because my car never came in. (which came in today). I did one hard accel and the car don't feel right.... I will continue to break in and see what happens

thanks man its not the black I had on order but I love the red. I got it from ricart. my black one came in today lmao. you should go get it or the red one at bob's.

 

ohh man just me but i woulda never went for that plan bro... i woulda picked it up my self and made them give me gas cards to cover the expenses (did this with my ss/sc) with any kinda sports car type of vehicle i wont buy unless it has less than 10mi on it my cobalt had 7mi straight from the testing done at the factory... i watched emm unload it off the truck wash it and then hand me the keys no one drove it but me and the tow truck driver for about .1 mi

not saying anything like your cars fucked or nothing but i dont think it was the smartest move...

continue to break it in and then see what happens, just go to the dealership and tell them your concerns and have them put it on paper so you have it for the future say it turn out to be a lemon or some recall issue... i read that you probably didnt recieve the other one because lots of cars were having turbo issues and the trucks were stopped dead in there tracks... who's to say some didnt slip by and make its way into your hands...

i never buy vehicles that just came out wether its a new engine or whole new plattform theres bound to be some issue's if i were you i would of waited till 09'

i looked at the cobalts for a year and a half before i got one... it was hard to wait but i did

 

$10 says it has 87 octane gas in it.

 

You can go over 55...

In other words, short freeway trips are fine, as are long ones, as long as you know to vary the speed. (adjust the cruise up or down 10 mph or so every 15 minutes) Don't race. Don't slam on the brakes.

Even if it does, it won't cause what the OP is describing. Not in a DI engine, anyway.

 

lol! im with u on that!

when i first read the op post and he said in second he would accelerate and let off and it would jerk, duh! when u acelerate in 2nd and let off the gas, its gonna jerk some and the exhaust will spit, but i mis read XD

 

the cars gas light was on and I went and filled it with 93 with their gas card.

 

take it to the dealer, and try to talk to the techs before anyone touches it. try to find out who is the most knowledgable and who seems like they care to get it fixed right the first time. don't want a numbskull messing with your brand new car.

 

Are you maintaining constant pressure with the gas pedal?

If you are flooring it, and then let up so slightly, you might be dumping your boost.

 

That would have been helpful in the first place...your initial post made it sound like you were running out of gas, but I didn't think that could actually be the case. Maybe it was.

 

I thought about going up there and talking to them about it but I love my SC. If I were to go turbo it would be with the Saturn Sky