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2015 & 2016 trans behavior pre-TSB

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#1 · (Edited)
Test drove a 4cyl 2016 today. It downshifts to 2nd at 7mph. Same as the 2015 built 6/15 I test drove yesterday.

I'm going to ask the dealer to install whatever flash those 2 cars have into my car. The whole dealer installed update and lose 2nd gear is frustrating...

On a positive note, the steering wheel comes closer to the driver now. Handy if you're tall and drive with the seat to the back. Also the dash has changed, clocks 0 position is at the bottom. It also shows 2 numbers for gear: which one it is currently in, and what the limit set by ERS is.
 

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#7 ·
Oh man, hopefully that's a software update that we can eventually get (the gear indicator, not the zero position)
 
#9 ·
Surely this feature will benefit repair people too? Lots of times you need to know what gear something is happening in. With 3 it wasn't so hard. But with 9, wow. Don't we use sound and feel to help us distinguish gearing? And those repair people work in a noisy environment, I swear most of them have hearing loss.
 
#10 ·
Moving the stick over to ERS shows you the gear you are in. Just remember to move the stick back once you've seen the gear, to avoid losing upshifting capabilities ;)

Having the gear displayed like that is great, should have been done from the start (2014s). They won't give it to us, the pre 2016 crowd.
 
#11 ·
Does this also fix the issue with the trans going into 9th gear? I did see it once over the last 6 months but always only get to 8th gear even using manual mode. Love to get better mileage or atleast what the y said I was going to achieve.
 
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