smurfslayer
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i've had this happen to me twice, both times happened after i had used the paddles shortly before the event. Example: come off a highway to a tight 270 degree turn exit ramp. I downshifted a few times coming into the exit, but by the time I was at the end of the exit ramp the truck had moved itself back out of holding the gears manually back to fully automatic (i.e. the gear indicator disappeared and the truck upshifted on its own).
a point of clarification: you were using the paddles, were you actually in manual mode, or did you just lock out gears? There’s a difference.
Locking out gears - you just manipulate the paddles/buttons to downshift, you’re just commanding the transmission to not use the gears you downshift past. In manual transmission mode ( at least in the Jen Too ), the truck will automatically downshift for you, but the truck doesn’t revert to auto. If you come to a stop, you’re locked in first. If you take off you will hit the rev limiter very quickly, as 1st is a very short gear.
gear indicator disappearing is a