Just picked up my 2013 AWD GT and I have a question about the shifting of the automatic transmission during braking and decelerating. Today I was braking down a fairly steep grade at about 25mph or so and as I picked up some speed the tranny did not shift to the next gear, instead the rpms went to about 3500 with only the brake being applied. Is this normal? Like a safety feature or something? I also noticed when I am coasting from about 22mph to around 18 trying to save gas there is a down shift which causes the rpms to go to about 2100 or so and causes the speed of the car to decrease. Again, is this normal? I used to have a ford truck and I really never felt the down shifts while coasting at all and the rpms would stay around 1300 or so when going less than about 35mph when coasting or braking. Any thought?
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