RedWine Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The manual states: With your vehicle in drive (D), the paddle shifters provide temporary manual control. The system determines when temporary manual control is no longer in use and returns to automatic control. It then finishes this section with: Note: The system stays in manual control until you make another shift selection (for example, drive [D]) ***The manual does not state what temporary means. Worse is states the opposite at the end. How do the shifters function?*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2FAST4U Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 I have it on my '16 but never used it. It's one of the rare things on my Edge which I think is a useless gadget… Claude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaX83_ZA Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Temporary means just that; if your car is in D and you use a paddle to upshift or downshift, the car will be in "manual" shifting mode for a short time period, then it will revert back to full auto if you stop using the paddles. E.g. If you are driving 60mph in D + Auto and you start applying your brakes with the aim to come to a complete halt, you can use the paddles to downshift for some engine braking. Whilst you are doing this, the car will be in manual mode and allow you to shift (ignoring the built in shift logic) until the car thinks you are done using the paddles e.g. when you stop shifting down when you got to 3rd gear and came to a complete stop. Same thing with upshift e.g. if you are parked and you want to pull away in 2nd, pull the paddle, the car will shift the car to 2nd but if you do not upshift yourself using the paddle, the car will takeover. In S, once you use the paddles, the car will remain in manual mode until you shift the car to D or press and hold the right paddle. The car will not hit the rev limiter, it will auto upshift and it will not let the engine labor by auto downshifting - even when in S and you have engaged Manual mode by up or down shifting. In the Edge you will probably not damage the engine or gearbox with the paddles so feel free to experiment with it till you have it figured out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaX83_ZA Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Edit above: Pulling and holding the paddle on the 6spd does not resume auto. Just drove the car to double check. It goes back to manual faster by just keeping your foot steady on the accelerator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedWine Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 When you say " It goes back to manual faster " due you mean back to auto? BFG Thank you for the insight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 In my experience it goes back to full auto a few seconds after you resume normal acceleration or braking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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