Stability control or accelleration pause

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May 29, 2020 | 05:03 PM

DugT

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Stability control or accelleration pause?

I've read about people complaining about C7 accelleration hesitation and I assumed that is what I was noticing when passing cars or accellerationg hard out of a turn that I entered pretty hot. Yesterday I realized that it might be the stability control kicking in and out. It seems abrupt at times especially when I am driving it hard (by my standards) which is more often now that I am becoming more comfortable with the car. I think I have noticed it stepping on it hard from a near stop.

I hadn't noticed this on previous cars like my Audi A6 twin turbo (AWD) or my Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 (AWD) but that was long ago and the Corvette is much higher performance.

Any comments?

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May 29, 2020 | 05:31 PM

dvilin

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M7 or A8 tranny?

May 29, 2020 | 05:49 PM

slburgie

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On my A8, sluggish upon rapid dead stop acceleration unless you hold the brake and then full power seems to come on.

May 29, 2020 | 06:28 PM

DugT

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It is a 2014 Z51 with an A7, the last year of Vettes with A7's.

May 29, 2020 | 08:08 PM

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I noticed this too the other day. I was abruptly accelerating and the transmission felt like it was "floating" and the car didn't go go faster but sortof froze in speed. Whatever that was it sucked.

May 29, 2020 | 08:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DugT

It is a 2014 Z51 with an A7, the last year of Vettes with A7's.

I think you mean A6 if it's an automatic. 14 was the last year for the A6. in 15 they went to the A8. :")

Joe

May 29, 2020 | 08:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JJoeG

I think you mean A6 if it's an automatic. 14 was the last year for the A6. in 15 they went to the A8. :")

Joe

Thanks. I forgot that they went from A6 to A8.

May 30, 2020 | 10:25 AM

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My A6 shows some hesitation when accelerating, especially from a stop. It’s not unmanageable, just annoying. No problems when using the paddle shifters though.