Wow, what dealership was this? I would like a new evo...

 

i can explain it cause it HAPPEN TO ME TOO!!!! it happened after a few races down in miami on okee well i noticed the light came on after i had a few freinds ask me to rev to see what it sounds like but i agree with you anyone who has an evo x try reving it up to 5k a couple times after you run the car and youll see it happen i took it to the dealer the code was never there so i think it has to do with the ecu thinking its launching and that the s-awd is malfunctioning because its not griping.....its like an ice effect say your driving on ice and your tires lock up .... its basically the same thing only your ecu thinks theres damage to your car somewhere making it not able to rotate your tire when you florit

 

o and im at sea lvl so dont give me an altitude bull talk and yes my car was stock and all i had was a factory reflash maybe i should do the same to the dealer and i can get a new car too!!! lolin the color i wanted as well hahaha!!!

 

Brings back memory of my Evo 9 having idling issues. No one can figure out why it was randomly acting up.

 

I think in short that you shouldn't have re-created it. It's like you jump off a building to see if you survive and you do then you try it again to see if you're superman. Don't push your luck. If you're used to American Muscle, stick with what you know. Japanese cars aren't stupid like the American cars are. Drive it the way it was built, stop revving for no reason, and be happy with your AWD-T choice.

 

So...you have 250 miles on it and you are revving it to 5K repeatedly in neutral? And the first one was at 800 miles and you were doing the same thing?

Regardless of how this situation turns out for you, I would suggest you not do that anymore until the motor is a little more broken in. Especially if those are highway miles.

But of course, I do not have a X so I do not know what the break in is for them.


Maybe it is a bug in the traction control similar to ABS glide.

 

Listen man. First thing I did it once in the new car to see if this phenomenon could be more than a fluke, so don't tell me to stop it.

Second I am very happy with my choice and I am not hung up on american sportscars, since I am german and have probably driven many cars you wet your pants over. Like my dads 911 Turbo.

Last I think we are just trying to figure out what it could be.



I feel the other poster is right, since it usually happens after riding for a few and then stop. They switched all three computers and spent $5,000 trying to fix it.

I think this was a wrong TSB code. I just took it of one of the print outs from the garage. I will get the right code number tomorrow.

 

I am braking it in right, have not gone above 4K driving it, just revved it five times to 4.5K. Everyone makes it sound like I am revving the car for the neighborhood all day.

I did not know that under no load it is bad to rev. Leraned something new

 

it aint a mustang buddy, the mere sight of the x makes little kids cry, and pregnant women miscarry. try this.... put it in first hold down the clutch then rev as long as your muscle head desires. tel me if it throws the cel then.

 

nah... it's fine keep doing it till your clutch turns into cotton candy, you'll be posting on that thread here pretty soon too.

 

Actually we tried that on the old one and yes it does. No matter whether clutch in or out

 

You don't know me man.

 

Maybe the turbo spooling repeatedly with no air flow is causing high EGTs or something. I suggest you try taking your dad's 911 Turbo and free revving it a bunch of times and see it does anything. But since it is German, you may have to bounce it all the way to the rev limiter.

 

I can't believe the attitudes from the other members on this forum. The OP has a legitimate problem and took appropriate course to have the dealer/manufacture checked it out. They decided and he followed through. There is nothing on the manual or the contract that he can't do what he did.
The comments about other car's make/model is just rediculous!

 

+1 if this guy wants to rev the living **** out of his $36,XXX car, then he can do whatever makes him happy. Just try to help him get a solution.