8th gear
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From: leesburg fl
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8th gear
after having my car for a month and 1000 miles Yesterday and today I seen it go into 8th gear. I had to go on the fl turnpike where the speed limit is 70. all is good
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From: Windermere florida
wandering around the city at no more that 55 mph the automatic will stay in 7th. The automatic transmission is geared so that the car runs at a low enough RPM that it can say in the lower gear. On the freeway to lower the RPMs it will go into 8th for the fuel efficiency.
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Mine goes into 8th at about 60 mph.
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From: Chattanooga, TN
This is probably a dumb question- but other than putting it in manual mode, how do you know what gear it's in?
Mine just shows "D" for drive in the instrument cluster and heads-up display (regardless of track, touring, etc display mode).
The only way to get it to show the gear is to move it to manual mode (e.g. upshift or downshift with the paddle, or physically move the shift lever to "M").
Is there a way to see the gear # changes when it's in full automatic mode?
Mine just shows "D" for drive in the instrument cluster and heads-up display (regardless of track, touring, etc display mode).
The only way to get it to show the gear is to move it to manual mode (e.g. upshift or downshift with the paddle, or physically move the shift lever to "M").
Is there a way to see the gear # changes when it's in full automatic mode?
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From: leesburg fl
St. Jude Donor '12
This is probably a dumb question- but other than putting it in manual mode, how do you know what gear it's in?
Mine just shows "D" for drive in the instrument cluster and heads-up display (regardless of track, touring, etc display mode).
The only way to get it to show the gear is to move it to manual mode (e.g. upshift or downshift with the paddle, or physically move the shift lever to "M").
Is there a way to see the gear # changes when it's in full automatic mode?
Mine just shows "D" for drive in the instrument cluster and heads-up display (regardless of track, touring, etc display mode).
The only way to get it to show the gear is to move it to manual mode (e.g. upshift or downshift with the paddle, or physically move the shift lever to "M").
Is there a way to see the gear # changes when it's in full automatic mode?
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From: boerne texas
wandering around the city at no more that 55 mph the automatic will stay in 7th. The automatic transmission is geared so that the car runs at a low enough RPM that it can say in the lower gear. On the freeway to lower the RPMs it will go into 8th for the fuel efficiency.
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From: Chattanooga, TN
Can you please post a photo from your car. I must be looking in the wrong spot.
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