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Old 29th April 2024, 10:16   #14
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Originally Posted by xsport View Post
I am not sure if the autobox is designed to do this as a normal function, program wise. If you are going down hill on the over run, i notice on my car that it will drop down a gear braking or not, but as it does this the revs do increase before dropping down . This i would imagine is to up the revs to accomodate the lower gearing. I know that there is a time delay whilst braking before this actuates in seconds , but im not sure with a manual change. Sometimes these boxes do get into a pickle program wise now and then,as they try to memorise driving style . If things seem ok now , then maybe the box has "learned "....
It's definitely not the retard function which activates when the vehicle's in D on overrun and the speed increases. It's a couple of seconds after I shift down from D to 4 after the lower gear engages. It's a momentary jump or slip when it lets go and then re-engages.

Dougie.
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