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Re: Why Would Buick Sabotage the LaCrosse AWD?

March 25, 2013 at 8:44 pm #41190
VetteDriver
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Alex, there is no need to floor the accelerator. If you are on a residential street, speeds of 20 – 30 mph, the car will shift when you reach that speed because you lift. First gear reached that speed before the 4,000 rpm shift point. When you accelerate into higher speed traffic the car shifts at 4,000 rpm, again, until you reach the speed limit and lift. Accelerating into highway traffic with more accelerator input the shift points hold until 5,000 to 5,500 rpm’s. I have tested it from spotlights in town traffic, purposely keeping pace with the vehicles around me and the car doesn’t shift until you reach 4,000 rpm while other vehicles shift up normally. I have “manually” shifted the car at a reasonable 2,500 rpm and the shifts are smooth, so the engine has plenty of power to continue to climb in speed. The accelerator is not being “floored”.

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