I have just under 1,000 miles on a new Evo X GSR. I showed great care during the 600 mile break-in period (stayed under 5,000 RPM etc), and have been a bit of fun with it since I can now let loose.

For some reason though, at full throttle at about 5-6k RPM the car will stutter or pause momentarily (for lack of better words), similar to what happens on a tank of fumes during hard cornering or on an extreme hill where the engine is starved briefly of fuel. (And to be clear, that has never happened in this Evo.)

Any ideas?


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Also - is it pretty typical for shifting to be pretty clunky during the first 10 minutes or so after the car is started? No other stick I've driven has been anything like this, but both cars I drove at the dealership were. The manual talks about the need for the transaxle fluid to warm up, but good grief...

 

Welcome to the world of the X..Get a tune and change the trans fluid..

 

I actually just happened to stumble upon this!

This is a recall from a year ago though. Good grief. Time to take it in I guess.

 

You will get used to it. i have 13336 miles now and my stuttering came on with the second reflash. It will go away with normal driving as your ecu learn how you drive. GET A TUNE and that will fix it all. Swap out your fluids and the shifting should improve along with all your drivetrain. good luck!

 

Changing the fluids had no effect on my crappy shifting until the transmission is warmed up. Get used to it.

And the hesitation is normal. A warranty voiding tune will help.

 

I have the same issue (800 miles on it so far) and took it in to the dealership last night. wife was /w me on the way home so i could test it too much but 2 pulls up to 6k RPMs and it seems that they were able to fix it.

 

just rev match your shifting. otherwise, just let the transmission to warm up before starting some aggressive driving.

 

go to dealer for new TSB 08-13-011 reprogram pcm