Hi, new owner one question

[CTolly]

Hi,

Picked up a new CX-3 last May after previously owning a CX-5. My wife uses it mostly and loves the car and a much better size compared to the CX-5 also looks great in deep blue crystal mica.

My only disappointment has been the power delivery, there seems to be quite a significant turbo lag and lack of torque lower down the rev range which I have not experienced before on any car and makes me wonder if I should have opted for the petrol. I just wondered if this was a common thing with the 1.5d?

Chris

[anchorman]

Welcome to the forum Chris.

I don’t remember anything untoward with mine. Maybe one of the others will comment.

[Strangways]

I've not driven the diesel CX-3, but I believe they are low compression engines compared with most diesels. That would account for the lack of torque at low revs.

[anchorman]

Doesn’t work like that. They pull like any other 1.5 car when they are running right.

[CTolly]

Thanks for the replies, maybe worth getting the dealer to check it over. If you hit the accelerator at low revs there's a good 1-2 sec delay before the car takes off, it's quite disconcerting and I don't remember it on the demonstator car I tried, although it was only a short test drive.

[st3v3cx-3]

Chris,

This info might be of interest :-

CX-3

2.0P 2WD 120bhp 204lb/ft 0-62 9.0
2.0P AWD 150bhp 204lb/ft 0-62 8.7
1.5D 2WD 105bhp 270lb/ft 0-62 10.1
1.5D AWD 105bhp 270lb/ft 0-62 10.1

CX-5

2.0P 2WD 165bhp 210lb/ft 0-62 10.4
2.2D 2WD 150bhp 380lb/ft 0-62 9.4
2.2D AWD 175bhp 420lb/ft 0-62 9.0


I always thought as a general rule torque affected acceleration wheareas bhp affected top speed. If so, the diesel versions of the CX-3 ought to accelerate quicker than petrol but this doesn't appear to be the case if the 0-62mph figures stated are true. Hmmm. Whatever the engine, pick-up when accelerating is affected by the gear of course and maybe - if you have an automatic - a quick blip of the left hand steering wheel paddle whilst prodding the accelerator will improve the response time?

[CTolly]

Thanks, mine is a manual. Anyway, it's now booked in with the dealer on Friday to get checked over. They didn't seem to think there should be any pick-up problems on the diesel but they'll probably just tell me I should have bought a sports car!