accelerator problem
 

Hi all, i am new to the forum so my first problem is as follows;

I just bought my 2009 outlander from the dealer 2 weeks ago and after i picked it up i noticed i had to depress the accelerator about half way just to keep up with traffic, never driven one of these before i thought it may just be one of them things so took it for a remap and to be honest i carnt notice any differance in power but still have to depress the pedal quiet alot, on a motorway i have to floor it just to overtake safely. There are no error codes stored on the ecu and no cel light has illuminated.

The car just feels like i am towing constantly and i feel as tho i am driving with my foot down constantly, in my van i just touch the pedal and its off.

Anyone know what the problem could be? also when changing gear i can hear slight turbo chatter, may sound good on a petrol car but not on a diesel lol

thanks in advance

IF you can, have the throttle position sensor tested.

How can I tell if the throttle position sensor has failed?

Sounds like limp mode. What are the CEL codes being thrown?

No cel light on, definitely not in limp mode because it does have power just not much lol, will check the throttle sensor tho cheers

That's somewhat how limp mode works.

Yeah I have had a car in limp mode before but my car still has plenty of power if I put my foot to the floor ts just I feel as though I am constantly putting my foot half throttle just to keep up with the traffic, its been back to mitsubishi twice but they carnt find a fault.

Check your throttle body for a buildup of crap.

Check the hose from the turbo or check the fuel filter.
 

Hey

I have expirenced that the hose from the turbocharger has fallen off. And it was not possible to come higher than 80 km/h. Or you should check your fuel filter, if it is blocked you will not either be able to accelerate. It is my experience...

Hope it can help.

I'm the owner of a Outie from 2008.

BRGDS

THomas