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Stuttering under hard acceleration from stop

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Main Forum' started by douglasjre, Jul 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM.

  1. douglasjre

    douglasjre Senior Member

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    Customer complaint of of car stuttering from dead stop takeoffs. Anybody having these issues?
     
    #1 douglasjre, Jul 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
  2. PhoS

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    They're probably feeling the ice kick on? It's not always the smoothest.
     
    #2 PhoS, Jul 17, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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  3. PriusCamper

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    Most mechanics start selling plugs and coils and throttle body and MAF sensor cleaning before they even both to diagnose that one.
     
    #3 PriusCamper, Jul 17, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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    bisco cookie crumbler

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    brand new gen 5? take it in for warranty repair
     
    #4 bisco, Jul 17, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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    nope
     
    #5 HacksawMark, Jul 18, 2024 at 11:30 AM
  6. PriusCamper

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    Lol... Another nail in the coffin for Gen5 reliability. And the amount of time they've entirely shut down production of Gen5 for the "recall" is increasingly suspicious. Makes you wonder what's gonna break next in these brand new cars?
     
    #6 PriusCamper, Jul 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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