E-shift Faulty Or Okay ?

Richard2508 · August 19, 2007

On my 2002 IS300 I occasionally switch the gearbox into manual mode but whenever I do it and at whatever speed it always goes into 5th straight away and I can never get it to go into 1st, even at rest. It switches between gears fine so is this how it should be or do I have a problem. Don't have a handbook so cannot check. Thanks.

Ian M · August 19, 2007

Sounds absolutely fine. Don’t forget that you’re not selecting a gear, you’re merely setting the highest gear which the auto box can use, so it always defaults to “5” until you do something different, and “2” is as low as it goes.

Richard2508 · August 19, 2007

Sounds absolutely fine. Don’t forget that you’re not selecting a gear, you’re merely setting the highest gear which the auto box can use, so it always defaults to “5” until you do something different, and “2” is as low as it goes.

Thanks Ian.... Why did not I post this up before?? Its been puzzling me for months!

MrADeveci · August 20, 2007

Sounds absolutely fine. Don’t forget that you’re not selecting a gear, you’re merely setting the highest gear which the auto box can use, so it always defaults to “5” until you do something different, and “2” is as low as it goes.

... what he said :)

Swampy300 · January 25, 2009

Thats exactly what mine does too. Im still sure its not right though. I drove another is300 before i got mine and im sure it had some kind of speed sensor on the auto box that put it in the right gear when you switched it across.

Ian M · January 25, 2009

Welcome to LOC, Swampy300.

The car could be in any gear, but when you first move into manual the display will always show 5. As I said before, the display simply shows the highest gear the car could use, not the gear it is actually in. When you go into manual mode, the highest gear is always 5, until you use the buttons to change it.

Hando · January 25, 2009

Welcome to LOC, Swampy300.
The car could be in any gear, but when you first move into manual the display will always show 5. As I said before, the display simply shows the highest gear the car could use, not the gear it is actually in. When you go into manual mode, the highest gear is always 5, until you use the buttons to change it.

What he said :)

Manual mode with 5 is not "in 5th gear" it is exactly the same as normal auto == 5 gears are available.