1996 318ti Automatic shifting question Greetings fellow 318ti owners, I had a question about automatic shifting. I noticed that when I gun or hit the pedal pretty hard to get a good start, my rpms go all the way up to redline before i have to pull my foot off the pedal to have the 318ti shift to the next gear. This seems to only happen in 2nd gear i believe. I can gun the car while on the freeway and it has no problem shifting to a lower gear for speed then diverting back to the next gear up. This only happens when i'm at a stop light and i start off then gun the pedal. I'm not a red liner and i don't want to blow my engine (heck, im still new here!) I used some fuel injector cleaner so i wanted to really get the car moving (to sprout the fuel injector, not to race). I wondered why this happens since I just had the service level II recently done by a non bmw dealership. Any thoughts? Thank you. |
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This is the first car that has ever done that. I'm sure it's on purpose because you need the full range of engine rpms for max power. |
Mine does the same thing and I’m not sure why it does this. I never do what you are talking about so this wouldn’t be a problem from me. The only time I push the pedal to the floor is when I’m pulling onto the highway from the on ramp and even then it’s not to the floor |
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What you talking about willis? |
Thank you for the feedback. I'm glad its normal so I don't have to panic. I thought my transmission was going to take a dump! I would have been seriously in hot water considering how much the 318ti is celebrated here and I took the dive to get the car. I can sleep better now :) |
I have an auto with the manual shift mode, I always shift my auto thru the gears weather I'm auto or manual mode, starting in drive you get noware fast (kinda a real dog starting in drive) my 2cents vwt3 |
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