Happens in mine too. I blame it on turbo lag.
If you "feather" the gas rather than just smash the pedal, it's much better.
I'm gonna leave now before I go on my "I would've rather had a V8" rant ;) Stupid turbo garbage! :mad:
EvlNvr,
Yeah, I was kinda thinking the same; meaning, it is the character of that engine.
I will note that when you throw it in Sport, Man! It is like steel, rigid response, right there. I don't know how they lock the drivetrain back and forth fast and slow, but it is like a CVT trans, when you let off of it, you feel the gears working against the engine.
Then, when you kick it down to "Eco," you actually feel the pedal lose response by a half-inch. You have to push it b/c there's just nothing there.
The only thing I hate about the Sport mode is that it automatically throws it into 4WD. I have gotten used to just releasing that by mashing the 2 wheel button on the center console wheel.
I know it is set up that way, but I run around 90 percent of the time in 2WD as my mind says pushing all that extra gearing, the transfer case and front axles will eat more fuel. I do engage it now and again just to engage it, but as I said, most of the time I live in 2 RWD.
Pork