jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re:
Have you tried driving in manual mode?
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2/Oct/2013, 1:43 pm
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Exywarrior
X-TRAIL FANATIC
Date Registered: 10-2011
Location: Darwin, NT
TOTAL POSTS: 325
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The gear change points are set by the OEM (Renault) and can't be changed.
I incidentally had the same problem when I first got this car until I got used to how to fix it.
You can't change the gear change points, but what can be changed is how you need to drive the diesel. It ain't no 'tractor engine' - you need to use a little bit of boot. And this is what highly experienced Nissan mechanics told me. Getting it to change down and use a few revs is also good (apparently) for keeping the turbo revving which in turn is better for the engine.
To get the car to depart the roundabout (or turn) in the right gear, on reaching the apex I gradually add accelerator to a point beyond that which you think you'd normally do and I find she will change down and nicely depart the roundabout in 2nd gear.
You have to remember that this engine and gearbox were designed to drive on European roads...so you need to drive more or less like a European. It isn't designed to potter around at 1500RPM. It's designed for 2000 plus. Use the boot a little and you'll get used to it! And the gearbox will adapt to you too. It works.
...and incidentally, driving it with a little bit of boot on the turns has actually marginally improved the fuel economy too - probably linked to the turbo working better.
Last edited by Exywarrior, 3/Oct/2013, 9:14 am
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3/Oct/2013, 9:03 am
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