CptMorgan
Active Member
I'm 2000km into my new '24 R. Two road trips on mountain highways so far.
The transmission is not downshifting in Sport or Tow modes unless I manually downshift gears or give it some gas.
It is like the automatic downshift for engine braking is disabled.
I was towing a car trailer last weekend and was continuously on the brakes or manually downshifting.
First pic from this morning: Downhill, hard on the brakes, in Tow Mode. The transmission is in 8th gear and does not gear down.
The second picture shows the truck going downhill through a corner, hard on the brakes, in Sport Mode. The transmission is still in 10th gear!!!
Is this a programming issue, or did Ford disable engine braking while the motor is in break-in?
I don't remember my '19 or '22 behaving like this while new.
The transmission is not downshifting in Sport or Tow modes unless I manually downshift gears or give it some gas.
It is like the automatic downshift for engine braking is disabled.
I was towing a car trailer last weekend and was continuously on the brakes or manually downshifting.
First pic from this morning: Downhill, hard on the brakes, in Tow Mode. The transmission is in 8th gear and does not gear down.
The second picture shows the truck going downhill through a corner, hard on the brakes, in Sport Mode. The transmission is still in 10th gear!!!
Is this a programming issue, or did Ford disable engine braking while the motor is in break-in?
I don't remember my '19 or '22 behaving like this while new.
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