Nick,
In my ownership of 3 +4s, my answer is no, it is not common however, on my SS100, which had an electric rev counter, if you didn't give it time to "do it's thing" and settle then it would really miss behave so perhaps it's a gremlin in the ECU. Is your car a GDI?, if so it may benefit from the upgrade flash which only takes a couple of mins.
Good luck, hope you get it sorted.
