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Any way to stop the transmission gear braking down hills?
It's annoying and whilst it makes sense with cruise control activated I can't understand it
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I just keep 10% throttle input when driving down hills and when approaching stoplights, it seems to avoid the aggressive gear-braking you speak of. I agree, they seem to slow awfully quickly when off throttle.
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this is engine braking - i stumbled across this feature and asked the similar question... just need to search the forum to see what the answers were to my own question - i am getting to old to retain all the info...
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Following on the heels of TX5 above...if the adaptive "downhill program" is kicking in and you would desire a different shift pattern...there are 2 ways to eliminate this automatically selected transmission programming...which is by using the manually selected "S" mode...or using the "M" (manual) transmission gear selections of STEPTRONIC.
You can read about the HILL RECOGNITION PROGRAM (the uphill & downhill recognition programs are 2 of the 9 adaptive modes of ATC) in the image below. The 9 adaptive programs that are automatically selected by ATC based on driver influence or environmental influences are: adaptive driver & environmental influenced shift selections:
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Thanks guys - I know that it is engine braking and I understand the downhill recognition however my X doesn't hold gear it downshifts sometimes 2 gears. If it were trying to maintain speed ala cruise control I would understand it but I am coasting downhill and it seems like it is hell bent on not accelerating at any cost.......
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Crazy how intense that programming is. I can only imagine the double clutch or Porsche PDK programming...
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Last edited by Qsilver7; 04-15-2013 at 11:22 AM. |
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Thanks everyone
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