Posts by Aceman

Quote from TravAZ

One thing to always check if your Slingshot is acting weird is the vacuum cap underneath the throttle body on the intake manifold. There is a nipple that has a cap on it and it sometimes will work its way loose. Usually on boosted setups, but I have seen this happen on a NA setup too.

If you see a nipple with no cap, you have a problem. On the below picture, the left side of my far bottom right blue hose is going to where that nipple is on the stock Slingshot. It is capped when stock.

Doubt this is the issue, but it is a quick thing to check and to zip tie so it doesn't fall off at a later time.

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In this picture, can someone please tell me where I can get that hard intake pipe after the connector? The stock one is definitely robbing the engine of power from the rubber being expanded due to heat.

Quote from D.W.Slusher

Went out again this morning and problem still there when downshifting. Mine is a 17 for whoever was asking.

So how do you simulate this? I want to try this weekend.

Quote from MISC

This. Mine did this for about the first 5000 miles. Took it in and they replaced the clutch switch and that cured the problem.

What year are these bad clutch switches? Mine (2018) has 80 miles on it so far and I took it out for a spin today with no issues with idling. Of course mine is brand new so I just want to give some standard to compare to.

If the SS is more like a car since it has a car's engine, I'd say that you have a vaccum leak somewhere. You also might want to check the Mass Airflow Meter (it signals the ECU about the proper air coming into the engine) to make sure there are no leaks that way. What is happening is that the ECU is trying to give fuel to the motor under an idle condition when rolling to control the rpms from falling too much and creating a stall. The air/fuel must be matched to what the ECU is trying to compute. So if the air is off when it dumps more fuel, it'll hesitate. Further if the proper gas isn't there but the air quantity is, it will also cause a stall.

Bad gas shouldn't cause a stall only at idle. It would have a rough idle all the time.

I'll be getting a helmet with Bluetooth enabled and see if that's exactly how it works. Makes sense to not have a built-in mic on the Ride Command, so no biggie if that's the case. I just wish they wouldn't have had a 'phone' to even pair with since it doesn't work (outside of the music feature).

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What do you mean by you don't hear anything? Are you trying to stream music via bluetooth or make a phone call?

I am trying to make a phone call. It will show the phone call being made on the screen, but when someone answers, their voice isn't outputting to the speakers in my Slingshot.

I just bought my 2018 SL-R Slingshot this past weekend and really really love the autocycle. There is literally no vehicle that looks more beautiful.

Anyway, I paired my BT to my Ride Command and the audio works fine but when accessing my phone, I don't hear anything. I looked in the manual and tried googling it but found no info. Should I return it back to the dealer?