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2020 etorque slight surging cold start
- Thread starter Bigga826
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Not that I have noticed.
LakesAZ
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None here either.
vincentw56
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None that I've seen
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Lil'Mike
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Yeah, my truck surges every morning when I’m off to work when the truck is cold. There’s a TSB and updates to supposedly fix, but I have not seen an improvement. It’s like the etorque system is applying you much resistance to the motor and then it releases and the truck surges forward with constant throttle applied.
Another analogy - taking off from a stop with a parachute attached and then it releases somewhere around 3rd gear/40MPH.
I only experience this during the first accel of the day and then when I’m heading home from work after the truck is cold again. Very frustrating. Not sure if this is what OP is experiencing or not...
Another analogy - taking off from a stop with a parachute attached and then it releases somewhere around 3rd gear/40MPH.
I only experience this during the first accel of the day and then when I’m heading home from work after the truck is cold again. Very frustrating. Not sure if this is what OP is experiencing or not...
PowerJrod
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How long do you let your truck idle before driving in the morning.?
Normally no more than a couple minutes, but occasionally I let it warm up a little longer.
jeffauclair
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mines on idle do that sometimes too. not really surging but more like if it had rattle or something like that. i know we have poor gas quality here but i know if I go to dealer they will say everything is fine so
PowerJrod
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Hmm yea I usually let mine warm up for 2-3 minutes before I drive too.
There is one thing that comes to mind...my 2011 Charger RT had an issue where about 4 or 5 seconds after I started it up ..the RPMs would surge a little to about 2500 or so plus some slightly rough idling....new Iridium sparks plugs cured both issues. Idk if that's similar to what you're experiencing but that's the closest I can get to relating lol.
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Mine has some hesitation/ surge when first driving after a long sit. I asked the same question here months back, found many others with the same issue. I've gotten used to it and it doesn't seem to affect performance after a short time of driving.
It’s ironic how we have come full circle...new technology with the fuel injected engines but still have the same characteristics of my ancient 1987 Dodge Ram 1500 360 cu. in. engine. It needed to be warmed up before driving in order to be smooth without hesitation or surging.
