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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
The first 50% of the throttle does very little, but prod it a bit further and it takes off like a rocket. It happens mostly in 1st which is very annoying, but also randomly in other gears. If I'm in town pootling around at 30 and slow down for something it'll take a hefty prod to make it move, at which point it changes down to 2nd and goes a bit nuts.
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Check your brake pedal switch too. Had a similar problem with mine a few years ago, turned out to be iffy brake pedal switch contacts. I noticed the fault would tend to occur more after firm braking and tapping/wiggling the brake pedal before setting off again seemed to alleviate it.
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Last edited by moltuae; 8th December 2016 at 11:37 AM.
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