Missing and Lugging in 7th gear and console door slamming

petemoss said:

I just did a 2000 round trip drive to Canada. Overall the car worked well, but I did notice some things that bothered me. In 7th gear (touring mode) doing above 65 when I putting it under additional load, I got this feeling that the car was missing, no codes, pulled away fine, just did not seem to feel right.

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I noticed a similar effect on a recent trip I made (also around 2000 miles). At 65 in 7th gear, the engine RPM was around 1100-1200 as I recall, which seems to be a bit low. I also encountered the "lugging" effect you described, but in my case I attributed it to AFM operation. 6th gear seemed to be a better option at 65 mph. When cruising at 77 MPH (70 MPH speed limit), the car was happier in 7th gear (operating at a higher RPM).

petemoss said:

I did have a run for about 60 miles at between 95 MPH and 105 and except for this miss/lugging feel issue everything was great.

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I'm surprised that you still encountered lugging at those speeds, given that your engine RPMs would be higher at those speeds.

petemoss said:

Also I noticed that the console door is not really that counter balanced and once it gets past the opened locked position, it just slams shut.

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Same here - I was surprised the first time it snapped shut. A damped spring would be a nice future fix for 2015 and later models.

petemoss said:

Also I’m not a big fan of the econ mode, not sure it really buys much unless you are driving on the salt flats. It’s kind of annoying when it kicks in and out and I can feel and hear the difference.

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Under many driving conditions, the V4/V8 transition is not noticeable for me, but for other conditions (especially in higher gears when RPMs are low) it is notable. Still, I really like the ECO mode, and as others have pointed out under many cruising conditions higher fuel economy can be achieved in 6th gear versus 7th.