I've had my 2009 1.0L IQ2 for 3 years, and in all this time it has been hesitant and jerky when pulling away from a standstill and has had a pretty bad acceleration flat spot between 2000 and 3000 rpm. One impact of this was I had to drop down to first gear on some steep hills, particularly near the start of a drive.
The car has been regularly serviced, so I assumed that either the clutch was starting to go or the flat spot was just something you had to live with.
I tried cleaning the