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Old 09-24-2018, 11:21 AM
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First thread here. I've had my truck about 6 weeks now and on Sunday I decided to take the highway for a quick trip into town. I was merging and getting pinched behind a slow merger and a fast semi. Luckily I was in Sport mode and had more than enough to get myself out of trouble but when I took my foot off the accelerator, the truck seem to continue to surge and then gradually settle back done to a reasonable highway speed. Is this a trait of the 10 speed transmission? Total event took about maybe 3-5 seconds but it surprised me. I just want to know if this is normal or is it something I should have checked.

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I think what you're referring to by surging, might be the truck revving high? When in "sport mode" the truck will hold the gear for a longer period of time. When you hit the gas to pass someone it will downshift and possibly sit in that gear for 3-4 seconds. This is normal. If you were in normal drive mode, the truck wont hold the gear and sound like that.
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Hey thanks for that confirmation. It didn't seem like something was wrong I had just never experienced that before. Cool option now that I know to expect it. Thanks for the quick reply.

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