JYOO

I noticed when i wanted to use e-shift i can only go down all the way to 2!! Whats up with that, is that because it does the 1-2 shift automatically anyways?

enginyr

Try gate shifting......Park, Reverse, 3,2,1 <---1st Gear is there

JYOO

Does that hurt the tranny?

enginyr

Not that I am aware of.

ShowGSLuVv

if u didn't start driving in first, with E-shift, when it switchs to second gear, as a saftey feature Most cars have... it wont allow the car to engage back to first gear until the car slows down to about 23-27 MPH it's somewhere around that area, if u try experimenting with that, you should be able to feel it kick down again once it coasts down to that MPH...

ShOwGS

alexus

iTrader: (1)

i'm sorry

i didn't get it

where is the first gear? i noticed i can go to the 2nd gear too and not to the first

where is it? please explain

Jmai22

they don't want you going into first gear doing 40 MPH so you have to be going around 25 mph or less for you to shift back down to first. i think..............

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

Don't worry, it's not 'lost'. If you start in M2 (e-shift) then that means it won't go above 2nd gear but it DOES start from a stop in 1st.

If you really need to start in 1st select L with the shifter (which I think is pointless, you won't launch any faster than M2 and will slow yourself down trying to predict when to shift to 2).

alexus

iTrader: (1)

okay.. today i sit in my car and i tryed to switch to L or 1

i can switch all the way to 2 but not to L

any ideas why?

enginyr

are you a Guido?

alexus

iTrader: (1)

um

what's Guido ?

JYOO

I think it means like a cracker or honky in spanish.

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

If you mean with e-shift, it doesn't go to 1 or L (duh). With the SHIFTER though, you can go to L.

RTFM.

alexus

iTrader: (1)

grr

no i didn't tryed it with e-shift.. we already figure out that it doesn't go below 2nd

i just manually move shifter from P to R then to D then to 3 then to 2 then i've tryed to move it to the L (1) and it wont move there.

so thats why i'm asking

is this suppose to be like that or am i missin something? or is there a some lock for this?

Drive4Fun

I think this is a CAFE issue (Corporate Average Fuel Economy). Most cars with a 'select shift' auto tranny need to start in second gear in order to meet fuel economy requirements.

Try, at rest, downshifting as far as possible ... probably second gear. Then accelerate at wide open throttle. If it behaves like some other select shift cars, it will kickdown to first.