03-17-2015, 01:07 PM | #1 |
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Gearbox on startup in 3rd?
The other day, I backed out of a parking spot and went to go forward, felt like it barely wanted to move. Car was stuck in 3rd gear. I then got a trans fault message and it went into failsafe (always 4th gear, limited throttle) then when I parked and restarted everything was back to normal. However, I notice when starting up, if thrown into drive right away youll see it go d3, d2, and finally d1. Is this something Ive never noticed or does the car default to a non gear (or a higher gear) when park is engaged? Make sense? odd right.. (Btw this is the 6AT not 8 )
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03-17-2015, 01:16 PM | #2 |
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Do you default to sport mode? I don't like sport, because it holds the gear too long, when you let off the gas. It should upshift to coast longer, IMO. This is my first car that automatically downshifts as you decelerate. You can feel, and see on the tach, the car downshifting. I'm getting used to it.
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04-02-2015, 12:33 PM | #4 |
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Mine starts in second gear no matter what mode the gearbox is in? The only way to put the car in first gear is to switch to manual (will stay in 2 even at a complete stop) and shift down to M1. Is this normal???
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04-03-2015, 04:49 AM | #6 |
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I do have a 35i. Weird that it does that. I'm not sure what the gain is. Fuel economy improves buy getting to cruising speed as quickly as possible.
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04-09-2015, 04:29 PM | #7 |
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mine never starts in 2nd automatically. odd . it just did it that one time
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04-09-2015, 05:04 PM | #8 |
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Actually, not really "starts" in 2nd gear. It will downshift to 2nd gear when coming to a stop and will stay in that gear when you start to move again. When you start the car and shift into D, it should be D1.
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04-10-2015, 09:53 PM | #9 |
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My 35i starts in first gear after stopping. I can shift it to second with the paddle while stopped, and it won't shift down again. But if stopping when rolling, it will (very briefly) use 1st gear when it starts rolling again.
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