So I was at a stop light the other day in a lane that was going to merge from 3 to 2. There was a Rav4 next to me and I took off to merge. Long story short, I decided to beat the RAV4 to the merge point rather than wait for them to pass, so I mashed the gas. I was in 2nd gear and saw I was almost redline and then all of a sudden the CX5 went into limp mode, engine check light, warning lights, everything. I thought that was really strange because I was in Auto mode and had no control of the shifting.
I understand the limp mode in the sense that it will happen if you push into redline, I was confused as to why that is allowed in the first place rather than shift prior to redline so it never hits that limp condition. I had to pull over and restart the car and the faults were cleared.
I thought this was an anomaly but it happened again while I was really mashing the gas on a bridge. This was a bit scarier because I didn't have a place to pull over. I guess the lesson here is don't go to redline or try to treat the CX5 like a race car but I mean, I'm not the one shifting here.
Thoughts? Has this happened to anyone else?
I understand the limp mode in the sense that it will happen if you push into redline, I was confused as to why that is allowed in the first place rather than shift prior to redline so it never hits that limp condition. I had to pull over and restart the car and the faults were cleared.
I thought this was an anomaly but it happened again while I was really mashing the gas on a bridge. This was a bit scarier because I didn't have a place to pull over. I guess the lesson here is don't go to redline or try to treat the CX5 like a race car but I mean, I'm not the one shifting here.
Thoughts? Has this happened to anyone else?