jnoone

I have an 07 tl. I have the option to put it in manual mode, where you have the option to shift the gears yourself. On BMWs if you put it in this mode you can get on the gas and if you don't shift the car will shift even though you are in manual mode. Will the tls do this as well?

Bearcat94

Depends. In some cases yes, particularlly downshifts. Upshifts, not so much (maybe occasionally due to Grade Logic), but usually it'll just bounce off the rev limiter.

Check the Owners Manual for details. If you don't have one register at http://owners.acura.com/landing.aspx and you can view or download an Abobe version.

youngwhon

well with mine, it seems to shift automatically into 2nd gear... but after that it doesnt.

Bearcat94

Yeah, forgot about that. The TL-S doesn't do that.

riplee

what??? we need someone to hack this setting so us non S people can change that! I hate having it do that for me, defeats the whole purpose of "manual" mode. Its like the car doesn't trust me or something

VQPower37

i know i had a loaner once (07 base tk) and i tried it out ... if ur in first gear it hits the rev limiter and bounces off it for a while and then switches gear, but in second it doesnt do that, so you will have complete control

DuRtYwUrKs

i've got a 07 TLS and noticed today while driving into work that if you leave it in 2nd it will automatically down shift to 1st when you're near stopped...

05TLdcc

the base TL will downshift to first at anything lower than 10 mph, and it won't let you go into first anything above that. you know, now that i think about it, it doesnt really downshift when you ask it too like if your trying to pass or just want to fly.

JMooSeR

iTrader: (2)

For the most part, it shifts when I want it to, but its super annoying when your at just above a crawl, and it jumps to 2nd, and then when you go to hit it (when traffic magically opens up,) well, you're stuck in 2nd...

It only goes back to 1st at close to WOT, can't do it manually unless you are not moving.

Mug

My 07 won't shift into 2nd automatically. I think it's all 07+ that don't shift into second.

VQPower37

^ it will if u bang it off the rev limiter for a bit in 1st gear

Mug

The few times I have used the manual mode, I've hit the limiter because of the delay. But it's never shifted for me.

Bearcat94

Correct. But technically, it's 9 mph (at least for the TL-S).

In manual mode/sport shift, they'll downshift from any gear (5th, say) to first as your speed decreases (if you don't do it yourself).

Here's another thing: It's got a "2nd gear start". From a stop (or near stop), put it manually into 2nd and it will stay in 2nd until you change it. So in a parking lot or slow traffic, for instance, you don't have to keep moving it out of 1st.


All in the owners manual.

ionojimbo

quick question while were on this topic, if im in 3rd and i just let it completely stop and automatically it goes to first for me, is that bad or should i down shift gradually as i slow to a stop?

TylerT

iTrader: (1)

^ Let the car do your downshifting when you're coming to a stop ..

I hate cars

You can't hurt it, it's all electronic. The shifter is not physically connected to the trans except to engage the parking pawl.

The ECU has the final say as to what the trans does.

The reason it downshifts automatically even when in manual mode is to protect people from themselves. Having it in a high gear at low speed heats up the fluid quickly. Even upshifting at an rpm above the stall speed of the convertor will greatly reduce heat.