Hi guys
New to this forum and new to Volvo in general.
Got myself a 1999 S40 1.9 T4 Automatic last month and love everything about the car (except for the fuel consumption!)
However, when driving it back home, I noticed that the acceleration wasn't that great. It sometimes surged and I was thrown back in the seat, other times the engine revved / made a lot of noise but nothing much else happened. It has deffinately gotten worse since coming back from a 500 mile journey. If I kickdown, again I get a lot of noise but hardly any acceleration. It's almost like it doesn't know what gear it's supposed to be in and jumps between a few different ones. If I'm accelerating beyond a certain point, I get a lot of what can only be described as 'juddering'. I then have to ease of the gas and try again. I actually got beaten at the lights by a Transit Van today as acceleration was so poor.
Using cruise control eases problems a bit as the issue isn't noticed (with the expetion of the aforementioned juddering on a few occassions) but then I'm not using the throttle.
I'm getting it booked in to a mechanic as soon as I can as I really don't want to be lumbered with a 200bhp car with the acceleration of a nissan micra / G-Wiz!
If anyone has experienced similar issues with their Volvo and if you could shed some light then I'd be eternally grateful!
New to this forum and new to Volvo in general.
Got myself a 1999 S40 1.9 T4 Automatic last month and love everything about the car (except for the fuel consumption!)
However, when driving it back home, I noticed that the acceleration wasn't that great. It sometimes surged and I was thrown back in the seat, other times the engine revved / made a lot of noise but nothing much else happened. It has deffinately gotten worse since coming back from a 500 mile journey. If I kickdown, again I get a lot of noise but hardly any acceleration. It's almost like it doesn't know what gear it's supposed to be in and jumps between a few different ones. If I'm accelerating beyond a certain point, I get a lot of what can only be described as 'juddering'. I then have to ease of the gas and try again. I actually got beaten at the lights by a Transit Van today as acceleration was so poor.
Using cruise control eases problems a bit as the issue isn't noticed (with the expetion of the aforementioned juddering on a few occassions) but then I'm not using the throttle.
I'm getting it booked in to a mechanic as soon as I can as I really don't want to be lumbered with a 200bhp car with the acceleration of a nissan micra / G-Wiz!
If anyone has experienced similar issues with their Volvo and if you could shed some light then I'd be eternally grateful!
