Shytot Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Hi, I've had my 2l TFSi for a month or so now and the gearbox generally responds well and chooses the "right" gears. I've started visiting my work office once a week and although most of the drive is motorway / A roads the last mile or so is down a reasonably steep hill. I've noticed that the auto gearbox seems to select a very low gear for this hill (2nd or 3rd) but it doesn't seem to compensate for the speed that I'm actually doing (maybe up to 30/35 mph) and so I get this very laboured聽 high revs and to be honest it doesn't sound healthy. I don't have hill assisit or hold on and the simplest thing to do is to switch to manual and change gear (or slow down!)聽 but it is a bit annoying. I've previously travelled down this same hill in a 3l diesel and never had the issue聽 - but that is a lower revving engine and it was an聽8 speed auto gearbox. It's not a showstopper but just wondered if anyone can offer any input as to why this might be happening. On my VW I could reset the gearbox with ignition on and foot flat down on accelerator for 10 seconds - but I don't think that would solve this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Q Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Just seen this:聽 https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q7-mkii-discussion-211/going-down-gear-2914297/ Doesn't seem to off a cure though, sorry. And this for dsg:聽 https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2371332 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shytot Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 Thanks Steve 馃憤聽 Looks like it's a feature!聽 It just sounds awful.聽 I'll blip the throttle to recover if I don't want to listen to it.聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Q Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 15 minutes ago, Shytot said: Thanks Steve 馃憤聽 Looks like it's a feature!聽 It just sounds awful.聽 I'll blip the throttle to recover if I don't want to listen to it.聽 You're welcome, sorry I can't help more. Just seems a characteristic of the s tronic/dsg box.聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shytot Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 43 minutes ago, Steve Q said: You're welcome, sorry I can't help more. Just seems a characteristic of the s tronic/dsg box.聽 Yes I realised after posting that the VW was not DSG and wasn't as "clever"! 馃榿聽 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shytot Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 So after a bit more experience it is definitely using engine braking - so it should be "economical"聽 As an offshoot it also helps on cruise control when you are decelerating.聽 Going from the 70mph (ish) setting to 50/55 for roadworks on the m6 (they're working overnight apparently) just by dropping the CC in 5 mph decrement it uses engine braking to get your speed down rapidly - for me it's a very useful feature 馃憤聽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Q Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 That's good then 馃檪 all's well that ends well 馃憤 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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