Peter Shore Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Hi, my car drives lovely but draws me to ask about the auto gear selection and if this is typical with other like model owners. When cruising on a motorway at 70mph on a level road the car sits in 8th gear at around 1800 rpm and if on a slight gradient it drops to 7th. I don’t seem to experience it using 9th gear for cruising. If I sneek up to around 80 mph, It appears I still have to manually select 9th with the paddles, it will then change up to 9th but unless going downhill it soon goes back to 8th. Is this how the car is designed to run in regards to the gears and 9th not being used when at our national speed limit? I have contacted Honda and oddly, they dont know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 A remap of the engine ECU could cure this. Found when I remapped my CR-V for economical and driveability reasons that the gears had 'longer legs' and contributed to better gear usage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shore Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 Hi Trevor, thanks for your reply. My research finds that this is the same with all CRV's of my type and model, as has been verified by quite a few owners on another Honda forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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