Issues driving at slow speed in traffic
- Thread starter blitzcraig83
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- State of Jefferson
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD+
All CVTs are not the same!
My wife's 2011 Subaru Legacy's throttle tip-in is almost identical to my CX-5's from a stop.
The only time it's obnoxious is when you floor it and and roars at a constant level as speed increases.
On the other hand, it's far superior climbing hills, always in the sweet spot.
Ok, I did a little experiment on the way home from work. Heavy, stop and go traffic. "Jerking" was present, but admittedly less annoying after reading this thread and understanding the CX-5 better. In the same traffic, I switched to Sport mode and there was noticeably less "jerking". So, maybe use Sport mode in heavy, stop and go traffic. Thoughts?
Zeppelin89
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- 2018 Mazda Cx-5 GS
Was thinking of doing the same thing with my 2018 although curious to try some of the tips in this thread first.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
Sounds like exactly what these people on this forum rave about regarding Sport Mode...except far more effective and efficient.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
My 2015 has none of this. Probably Mazda tightened up the shift schedule to squeak those EPA numbers up a touch, and it resulted in this.
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- RDX Aspec Adv.
I don't mean that, I mean the time between gears, if that makes sense? Made it "tighter" for lack of a better term, not necessarily more/less "eager". It may have been a tq converter change similar to how they did for the 2016.5? to improve highway mpg.
