The minute I drove the car away from the dealer I could tell there was something wrong with the shifting, gearing, and power delivery. The engine is revving too high in relation to pressure on the gas pedal. It's super punchy and jumpy. Basically, acceleration sensitivity and surging. As soon as you put 1 inch on the gas pedal the car launches. From a stop, turning right or left, a little bit of gas and the tires spin. And this is a 4 wheel drive car. Before the cam repair the car never did that.
And today, it was raining. The car was spinning all over the place. Also erratic shifting. Hard shifting, jerky and not smooth. Short shifting. When going up an incline it gets confused about what gear it wants to be in.
Further, unresponsive when passing. Say from 30 to 45, it decelerates first then decides to get up and go. I understand turbo lag, but it never drove like this prior to the camshaft carrier service. Additionally, manual downshifting using the steering wheel paddles does not function as before. The car is not slowing down like it did before the repair. It gets itself in a high rev position. And even when slowing down to 5 mph, it does not want to go into 1st gear.
I'm taking it back to the dealer tomorrow. Anyone else have any familiarity with this issue? Thanks!