Does anyone else here feel like the A10 lugs a bit on inclines?

[MAT1955]

@GWink ..... my 2024 GT Convertible was build in September 2023. It has no lugging issues on hills at all. Different programming? Different adaptive logarithm? Don't know, but it goes like stink even uphill.

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[GWink]

@GWink ..... my 2024 GT Convertible was build in September 2023. It has no lugging issues on hills at all. Different programming? Different adaptive logarithm? Don't know, but it goes like stink even uphill.

I have found that if I move the gas pedal very quickly, the car will downshift, but then I get a gear or two more than I really need. I‘ll stick with the paddles or using the “M” mode for now so that it will stay in the selected gear.

 

[LouG]

Edit - my dyslexia is having a bad day. Nevermind.

Have you heard about the insomniac, dyslexic agnostic?
He lay awake all night wondering if there was a dog.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Have you heard about the insomniac, dyslexic agnostic?
He lay awake all night wondering if there was a dog.

It's been a long week. Nothing some IPA can't fix.

 

[Percys650DH]

Yes I’ve definitely found it likes to lug on small inclines, but it seems like when the roads flat it loves raising the rpms and holding them high

 

[smurfslayer]

It's been a long week. Nothing some IPA can't fix.

I just added a rye IPA fermented with Saison yeast to the taps. Haoppy times!

 

[Cipis]

Not sure if you guys know this, probably do, but I’ll say it anyway just to be sure you guys know that even in Drive, you can activate the paddles and it goes into Manual mode. Only downside is that it’s temporary and if the paddles aren’t touched for like 5-10 seconds it reverts back to Auto.

I guess if dealing with constant hills, Manual mode is the best option, but clicking through 10 gears is tedious IMO. It would be cool if the Manual mode was 5 or 6 gears.

That is not complete true. Once you hit the paddles in auto drive mode, yes it will come back to auto mode eventually but not according to time line. It depends on many factors how long it will stay in manual mode. I drove now 2500km holiday with many hills and mountains as well as straight roads and figured downhill uphill + combination of gas pedal interaction can make you leave in auto-manual mode as long as a minute or even more more. For example if you go steep downhill and hit paddle from auto to break with engine, as long as you wont touch gas pedal it will leave you in forever.

 

[NH_woodser]

I noticed it right away. It is my habit to immediately select sport mode upon starting the engine. Solves this problem and inhibits the hated auto stop/start.

 

[Starship Enterprise]

That is not complete true. Once you hit the paddles in auto drive mode, yes it will come back to auto mode eventually but not according to time line. It depends on many factors how long it will stay in manual mode. I drove now 2500km holiday with many hills and mountains as well as straight roads and figured downhill uphill + combination of gas pedal interaction can make you leave in auto-manual mode as long as a minute or even more more. For example if you go steep downhill and hit paddle from auto to break with engine, as long as you wont touch gas pedal it will leave you in forever.

Good point! I originally wrote that when I only had the car a month. As I've driven it more, I noticed what you said...it will hold a paddled gear longer depending on what you are doing.

As far as I know, there is no button or procedure to get it to resume to Automatic, except maybe easing off the gas a bit when going uphill, or just tapping the paddles back up to a higher gear.

 

[Sofa King]

That is not complete true. Once you hit the paddles in auto drive mode, yes it will come back to auto mode eventually but not according to time line. It depends on many factors how long it will stay in manual mode. I drove now 2500km holiday with many hills and mountains as well as straight roads and figured downhill uphill + combination of gas pedal interaction can make you leave in auto-manual mode as long as a minute or even more more. For example if you go steep downhill and hit paddle from auto to break with engine, as long as you wont touch gas pedal it will leave you in forever.

Good point! I originally wrote that when I only had the car a month. As I've driven it more, I noticed what you said...it will hold a paddled gear longer depending on what you are doing.

As far as I know, there is no button or procedure to get it to resume to Automatic, except maybe easing off the gas a bit when going uphill, or just tapping the paddles back up to a higher gear.

Hold the (+) paddle for several seconds to return to auto.

 

[GrabThatBlue]

Hold the (+) paddle for several seconds to return to auto.

I sometimes think that you are an undercover Ford engineer who monitors this forum.

 

[Frogdog1]

No, my s650 doesn't lug at all up mountains. I live on a mountain and go up and down mountains everyday. My car pulls up mountains, tends to keep it's speed and only downshifts as a last resort it seems. I think it has the torque/power to handle mountains very well. At least my car does. Never had a problem with mountains.

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