2013 LC200, When I move the transmission level to Sport the gear indicator on the dash shows 4th gear irrespective of the speed I am driving. I can move it manually and the gear indicator show up, but when driving in Sport mode (automatic shifting) the gear indicator doesn't move / shows the correct gear. Is this normal?
Sport Mode Gear Selector display
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Yes.
The gear displayed is the highest gear you are allowing the transmission to operate in, not the currently selected gear.
I suspect it defaults to 4 as that is a often a good starting point for saving the brakes on a hill descent.
I do seem to remember mine selecting 2 or 3 when switching to sport when driving at lower speeds.. or maybe higher throttle. But not sure about that at all.
The gear displayed is the highest gear you are allowing the transmission to operate in, not the currently selected gear.
I suspect it defaults to 4 as that is a often a good starting point for saving the brakes on a hill descent.
I do seem to remember mine selecting 2 or 3 when switching to sport when driving at lower speeds.. or maybe higher throttle. But not sure about that at all.
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Yes, this is normal. It helps to think of the S-mode setting as the "Upper Limit For Automatic Shifting" setting. S-mode is not manual shifting, it is manual limiting. And to be honest, the vehicle may do a lot of shifting between S1, S2, S3 and S4 when you have "set it" to S4.
My transmission is the 8-speed and though it most commonly defaults to S4 which I switch to S-mode there have been times when it has used S5. But with my transmission, "overdrive" begins with S7 and my S6 is roughly equivalent to S4 on the 6-speed. But S4 is not always the case. When I am going slow (for example when offroad) it will start in S3. And when I am going at higher speeds and switching to S-mode to use engine compression braking on a descent for example I have seen it start out in S5 so as to keep the RPM in a reasonable range.
Yes, this is normal. It helps to think of the S-mode setting as the "Upper Limit For Automatic Shifting" setting. S-mode is not manual shifting, it is manual limiting. And to be honest, the vehicle may do a lot of shifting between S1, S2, S3 and S4 when you have "set it" to S4.
My transmission is the 8-speed and though it most commonly defaults to S4 which I switch to S-mode there have been times when it has used S5. But with my transmission, "overdrive" begins with S7 and my S6 is roughly equivalent to S4 on the 6-speed. But S4 is not always the case. When I am going slow (for example when offroad) it will start in S3. And when I am going at higher speeds and switching to S-mode to use engine compression braking on a descent for example I have seen it start out in S5 so as to keep the RPM in a reasonable range.