I took my 2009 E on a little road trip this past weekend. I made the trek east from Edmonton, AB to Regina, SK for some fun with friends. All in all, I was pretty happy with the way the E performed on the highway but I do have one little complaint: the automatic transmission seems to downshift A LOT!!!
I went from a Manual to Automatic transmission when I traded my '05 for an '09 (due to the fact that MT isn't available in Canada) and I noticed with the Cruise Control set at a steady 120 km/h, everytime I went up a small incline (and in some cases, I do mean small) the E dropped from 5th to 4th (sometimes even down to to 3rd) almost every single time! So much so, that I began to wonder if it was affecting my fuel economy in a negative way.
Has anyone else noticed this? And is there any way to get the dealer/tech to adjust this?
Thanks folks!
I went from a Manual to Automatic transmission when I traded my '05 for an '09 (due to the fact that MT isn't available in Canada) and I noticed with the Cruise Control set at a steady 120 km/h, everytime I went up a small incline (and in some cases, I do mean small) the E dropped from 5th to 4th (sometimes even down to to 3rd) almost every single time! So much so, that I began to wonder if it was affecting my fuel economy in a negative way.
Has anyone else noticed this? And is there any way to get the dealer/tech to adjust this?
Thanks folks!