adric22
Well-known member
I'm curious if this is a "feature" of the car, or if there is something wrong. I've had the car for several months, but only recently noticed this issue. When getting onto the highway, typically if the on-ramp is on an upward incline, I will depress the throttle a little bit more to give me a little extra power for the climb. Instead of a little bit, I'll get a lot! The power meter on the dash will suddenly jump all the way to the right and I can feel the extra power. All this, despite the fact that the throttle is barely depressed at all. Now unlike the issues with Toyota's, as soon as I release the throttle, the power is also stopped. So it isn't something where I fear I'm going to have an accident or something. But it seems odd.
I theorize that this is possibly designed to do this because I've been driving on the highway a lot more the last couple of weeks for different reasons. Usually I'm driving around in town. Also I usually drive in ECO mode, but if I know I'm going to get on the highway I leave it in "D" mode. I'm wondering if the car recognizes that it is going up-hill and adds extra power to compensate for the climb? It doesn't seem to do this unless I'm going uphill to get on the highway. So maybe I've only recently noticed due to the change in driving conditions?
Anyone else experience this?
I theorize that this is possibly designed to do this because I've been driving on the highway a lot more the last couple of weeks for different reasons. Usually I'm driving around in town. Also I usually drive in ECO mode, but if I know I'm going to get on the highway I leave it in "D" mode. I'm wondering if the car recognizes that it is going up-hill and adds extra power to compensate for the climb? It doesn't seem to do this unless I'm going uphill to get on the highway. So maybe I've only recently noticed due to the change in driving conditions?
Anyone else experience this?