kevinkar
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- United States
Yes engaging button, car almost acts as if it's in S but in D. Like I said when it does it I can switch to manual mode and upshift to 6, as soon as I put it back to auto mode it will down shift back to fifth all while in D. While it's doing it if I go to S it will downshift to 4th and hold there. A few miles later it goes back to normal.
You are actually saying that a modern automobile will accept WOT, downshift and, once you are at your intended speed and let off WOT, it will stay in that lower gear for SEVERAL MILES (i.e. several minutes) before it decides to up shift to a higher gear at the new cruising speed? Several miles? You can't actually believe that is as-designed?Which is what the owner's manual documents is the designed behavior.
It's operating as designed.
And?
That blurb from the owner's manual is talking about the difference between D and S modes and not describing your incorrect interpretation. S will keep the transmission in any particular gear *longer* but only insofar as RPMs are concerned and it will up shift normally based on those new higher RPM points. Instead of up shifting at 2500 it waits until 3400, for example. Not several minutes later. What car does that?
And for the record, I read your reply and took my car out to test the OP's issue and your interpretation of it and my car (2018 7-spd DSG) does not do what the OP says and does not do what you say. It downshifts, I get up to 80MPH in the blink of an eye and, as I let off the throttle, it upshifts to 6 and then 7 as if nothing ever happened. THAT's as designed.