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      09-26-2008, 09:58 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by M3Rad View Post
This happened this weekend at an autocross. I wonder if this has happened to anyone else.


During a transition from a left turn to a right hairpin during braking, the car will upshift from 2nd gear to 6th or 7th gear on his own. It did this at every run (total of 12 runs), with the exception of the runs where I drove a slower pace through the same section to avoid the problem.

DCT was off, the problem happened with S3/S4 and S6 modes. I did not try the D (Automatic) modes. ECU in comfort, suspension in sport.

By the way, the car did not downshift from 3rd to 2nd gear at the two turns that I needed to downshift. It did it in the middle of the turn, throwing away my balance.

I have experienced mine skipping 2nd. On full accel, when attempting to paddle shift from 1 to 2, it would straight up skip 2nd. I was able to repeat it several times and was SURE that I did not double click the paddle.

My car has only skipped 2nd, and went into 3rd. Yours going all the way to 6th is the first I have heard of.
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