cold start idle

[Flyers28]

Whenever i start my car from a cold start my rpms shoot to 2000 then dances between 1500 and 2000 for about 30 sec or so before slowly dropping down to a steady 1k. I am not sure this is normal but does not sound normal.

This probably has been asked a million times but could not find an answer, but at times my car is real sluggish from a stop and other times the rpms shoot to 3k and it takes off. This is probably completely normal for a 2.5 cvt but thought id bring it up, maybe a solution has been found recently. Not sure if a basic tune-up will fix these issues or not. Car has 73k miles on it but only owned it for 8k of those miles so not sure when the last tune-up was done. Possibly transmission fluid change is in order? Just feels like the car is choking itself on acceleration. Not sure if this affects anything but i put reg unleaded fuel in my car. Read somewhere that people are putting mid-grade in the 2.5. Cant imagine a 4cyl needing anything more then regular.


I apologize if any of this has been asked before, used the search and could not find anything pertaining to my main issue of idling. Perhaps i just suck at searching though.

And to note, my car is stock 2.5S with no mods.

[AlexN09]

This seems like a cvt issue and normal for 2.5s. I don't think it's a mechanical problem but rather a computer controlled issue.

[Flyers28]

This seems like a cvt issue and normal for 2.5s. I don't think it's a mechanical problem but rather a computer controlled issue.

Are you referring to the idling issue. If so is this something that should be looked at, should i take it to the dealership or something i can fix myself. Cars obviously no longer under warranty so not trying to make an unnecessary trip to the dealership. I just don't remember it doing this when i first bought the car.

[BamaCoupe]

My 3.5 does the same high rpm thing from a cold crank you are describing; usually mine cranks up around 1500 rpm and gradually goes down to about 700 or so rpm's, but I don't get the sluggish fill from mine. another thing I've noticed is my car reaches optimal operating temps. quicker than any car I've ever had, and due to that I thought the car was programmed to do the high rpm's from cold crank for the reason to get the car to optimal operating temperature quicker.

[YoungCoupe]

My car does both of the things you described. From a cold start, the rpms will dance around like you said, but I usually just start driving right away and it's normal.

About the sluggishness, I've felt that too. Like sometimes it feels a lot slower accelerating. I always just dismissed it as being in my head lol. Mine only has 18k miles and I have an intake and exhaust

[Flyers28]

Alright cool so everything seems normal there. One less issue I need to address. Thanks for the replies fellas.