Hi all, I'm a SEAT Leon FR 150 driver, and my car seems to have a weird, chronic problem that has been nagging for about 3 years. I'm not a petrolhead, so do bear with me.
The problem is that, sometimes when I accelerate hard in 3rd, 4th or 5th gear, my rev counter flies round to 5000 revs, but with no increase in acceleration, in exactly the same way as it would if the clutch was worn out. The thing is, it doesn't happen all the time, and almost never happens when I first start a journey. It seems to only occur when the engine has been running for roughly 5+ mins.
When I noticed this problem, roughly 3 years ago, it was very intermittent, and would only happen every few weeks/months. However, now it happens a lot more often. If I give it a bit of welly in gears 3/4/5, the rev counter will fly around all over the place 80% of the time, which, as you can understand, is very frustrating.
About 12 months ago I took it to my mechanic, and was told that the clutch was fine, and therefore, the fault must be due to a problem with the CPU, which they wouldn't be able to help me with.
What I am asking is, has anyone else encountered this problem? Does anyone have any idea what it could be? There's nothing more irritating than attempting to overtake on the motorway, and then finding that, as you pull out into the fast lane, you have no power for a couple of seconds, and your rev counter is round at 6000 revs.
I thought that this is probably the best place on the net, for advice regarding SEATs, so here I am.
Any advice will be gratefully received.
Cheers!
The problem is that, sometimes when I accelerate hard in 3rd, 4th or 5th gear, my rev counter flies round to 5000 revs, but with no increase in acceleration, in exactly the same way as it would if the clutch was worn out. The thing is, it doesn't happen all the time, and almost never happens when I first start a journey. It seems to only occur when the engine has been running for roughly 5+ mins.
When I noticed this problem, roughly 3 years ago, it was very intermittent, and would only happen every few weeks/months. However, now it happens a lot more often. If I give it a bit of welly in gears 3/4/5, the rev counter will fly around all over the place 80% of the time, which, as you can understand, is very frustrating.
About 12 months ago I took it to my mechanic, and was told that the clutch was fine, and therefore, the fault must be due to a problem with the CPU, which they wouldn't be able to help me with.
What I am asking is, has anyone else encountered this problem? Does anyone have any idea what it could be? There's nothing more irritating than attempting to overtake on the motorway, and then finding that, as you pull out into the fast lane, you have no power for a couple of seconds, and your rev counter is round at 6000 revs.
I thought that this is probably the best place on the net, for advice regarding SEATs, so here I am.
Any advice will be gratefully received.
Cheers!
