Common Solara Quirks?

by **jhall229** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:06 am

I just wanted to get some opinions about what I believe to be somewhat common characteristics of solaras.

1. Slightly rough shifting with low RPMs. I mainly notice this when coming to a stop sign, and sometimes it is worse then others. Its not too bad but in stop and go traffic it annoys me. Is this problem somewhat common? I know my tranny fluid is fine, although I plan on changing it in the near future.

2. Throttle lag while at crusing speeds. Example: You are crusing at about 40-55 mph and you let off the gas. Then there is s second or so delay before the RPMs drop, and then they jump back up. Someone told me in another post that this is the TPS voltage dropping too fast instead of gradually dropping? Is this something that most people experience with these solaras? If so, is there a solution to this problem?

I just wanted to get some thoughts on these issues so I will know whether to take care of them or not before I purchase some aftermarket parts.

Thanks

by **Midias** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:16 am

What year is the car how many miles, what engine and what transmission.

by **LatinDragonXJC** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:29 am

Don't know if it's my 'Lara, but when I try to punch it or "drive fast" it looks at me like......"gimme a sec". lol

Maybe it's the sluggish transmission. RPMs go high, intake/exhaust makes cool noise, and the car goes absolutely nowhere...loudly.

by **Dawgz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:39 am

LatinDragonXJC wrote:Don't know if it's my 'Lara, but when I try to punch it or "drive fast" it looks at me like......"gimme a sec". lol

Maybe it's the sluggish transmission. RPMs go high, intake/exhaust makes cool noise, and the car goes absolutely nowhere...loudly.

word, u should come out to the next meet and show us

by **Biggi_e** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:49 am

sounds like u got a gen2

by **jhall229** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:00 am

Oh sorry. In my orginal post I mentioned that I had an SLE, but I guess it timed out while I was working and I had to rewrite it and forgot to say it's and SLE.

I never feel any sluggishness when I get on the gas. The torque usually kicks in quite nicely.

by **gnegroni** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:44 am

Did you get the shift improvement TSBs performed?

by **Dawgz** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:55 am

gnegroni wrote:Did you get the shift improvement TSBs performed?

Wasnt that for the gen 2

by **biggee72** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:08 pm

I just think it's jumpy at low speeds...other than that never experienced that.

by **jhall229** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:02 am

gnegroni wrote:Did you get the shift improvement TSBs performed?

I'm not sure this applies to my 2001, but I wonder if my problem could have something to do with the throttle cable being too lose or too tight.

by **LatinDragonXJC** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:45 pm

Dawgz wrote:
LatinDragonXJC wrote:Don't know if it's my 'Lara, but when I try to punch it or "drive fast" it looks at me like......"gimme a sec". lol

Maybe it's the sluggish transmission. RPMs go high, intake/exhaust makes cool noise, and the car goes absolutely nowhere...loudly.

word, u should come out to the next meet and show us

When's the next meet? Spring? I just switched my wheels back to stock, the 19s suck in the snow and ice.

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