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157 messages, Last post on Mar 16, 2007 at 1:39 AM
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I LOVE my CX-7!!!! I love it...I love it...(Do you think I love it...?) I do. I am so happy with it. I have not had any issues. 
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Replying to: cocoagyrl77 (Nov 26, 2006 7:05 pm)  tidester, host |
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| I've had my new CX7 for about 3 weeks and absolutely love it. It's the Icy Blue Grand Touring. I finally got it on an open highway on an hours trip and was traveling at about 70-80 mph on a flat road, no cruise, no hills, evenly depressing gas pedal. All was going well when all of a sudden I felt the car downshift. I looked at the gear indicator and saw it had shifted from 6 to 5. After a minute or two it shifted back to 6. This happened about 5 or 6 times during my hour drive. I have no idea why it would do this. I didn't have the cruise on and was driving on a flat road. I've driven sticks all my life so I know something about shifting. I took it to the dealer and they did a diagnostic and found nothing wrong. They also did an all points check including tires and brakes. Everything looked good. Has anyone else experienced this? I haven't noticed any problems with lower gears/speeds. The car seems to shift quite smoothly. I'm really worried that this could be a real problem. Any input would be greatly appreciated. | |
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Replying to: sigridq (Dec 19, 2006 6:33 pm) My experience has been that the CX-7's tranny is real sensitive to 6-5 downshifts. I think it's because the car is geared so high, and it is trying to stay in the powerband - and even the slightest hill or pedal provocation might make it think it needs a downshift. This isn't really the solution, but you could always slide it over into manumatic mode and then it wouldn't downshift. The other idea would be to make the same trip with cruise control on. If it still downshifts, it's probably the road and/or wind that's suggesting the gear change. -c92 |
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Replying to: sigridq (Dec 19, 2006 6:33 pm) |
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Replying to: sigridq (Dec 19, 2006 6:33 pm) Vince.
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Replying to: sigridq (Dec 19, 2006 6:33 pm) If it however does it for extended periods of time, then you might want to notify your dealer just in case. 
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Replying to: vbbuilt (Dec 20, 2006 4:17 am) Sigrid
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| I've noticed that using the cruise control on the freeway the car always stays in 6th, even up some pretty significant hills, whereas it will downshift to 5th at any incline otherwise. | |
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