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Hi,
I own a 2011 G6E Turbo with about 80,000kms and was wondering if it's normal for the transmission (ZF) to hold revs after giving it a bit in normal Drive mode?
I know it does this in Power Drive mode but unsure if it's supposed to in normal [D]

The car is standard besides K&N filter. No tune etc.
I've noticed it happen a couple of times now after giving it a bit and then backing off at about 3500-4000rpm it will just hold the gear/revs for about 3-4 seconds. The car is still under warranty and I don't believe it's had an AT fluid change.
I do plan on a fluid change and flush with LG6 ($$$ :ermm:$$$) after the warranty period expires.
Thankyou.

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Yeah mine does it if you take your foot completely off the accelerator because the car thinks you want to slow down . So to avoid it I don't completely back off I just lightly keep my foot on the accelerator and the transmission shifts to a higher gear . But I never usually even notice it because any time I accelerate hard I shift manually and just grab a higher gear just as I go to back off and it makes driving a lot smoother

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Ah ok cool. I was really hoping it was normal lol. Only autos I've had before were Expensive Daewoo 4spds and they didn't do that at all.
Thanks for the reply :)

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I think the idea is (if you're driving a bit harder) the box thinks you're probably slowing down for a corner, so holds the gear for you.

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I think it may also be fed steering angle data so if you are in a turn, it maintains the gear through the turn but I'm not 100% on that! just something I remember reading.

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I think that's correct, not sure if it's angle or rotation speed that's measured though - even slightly different diameter tyres (eg old vs new) can cause some havok

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