BighornBoy
Junior Member
Can anyone help me understand how my transmission is behaving?
I'm stopped at the top of a steep hill in a residential neighborhood (paved road). I put the transmission in "manual" 1st gear and take my foot off the brake. The truck moves forward and starts to descend and reaches about 9 mph and 1000 rpm. It stays at that speed for about 5-10 seconds, then there's a sudden surge and the rpm's go up to 2500 or so and the vehicle speeds up (to maybe 20mph). It's a distinct change when this happens that feels as though the vehicle changed gears, but the gauges say it's still in first gear.
This behavior annoys me because I actually want it to stay at 9mph, and the sudden "shift" to a faster speed causes me to have to apply the brakes. My intent was to have the engine restrain the vehicle's speed without having to brake.
Is there a way to tell the vehicle to do what I want?
I'm stopped at the top of a steep hill in a residential neighborhood (paved road). I put the transmission in "manual" 1st gear and take my foot off the brake. The truck moves forward and starts to descend and reaches about 9 mph and 1000 rpm. It stays at that speed for about 5-10 seconds, then there's a sudden surge and the rpm's go up to 2500 or so and the vehicle speeds up (to maybe 20mph). It's a distinct change when this happens that feels as though the vehicle changed gears, but the gauges say it's still in first gear.
This behavior annoys me because I actually want it to stay at 9mph, and the sudden "shift" to a faster speed causes me to have to apply the brakes. My intent was to have the engine restrain the vehicle's speed without having to brake.
Is there a way to tell the vehicle to do what I want?