Here is the rundown: I was driving home from work today and decided to try the paddles. I was going at about 40mph on a back road (in plain Drive - not DS) when I toggled the left shifter. The car then went down from 5th to 4th (displayed the actual gear on the information display).... I proceeded to accelerate to about 55mph and just when I was about to up-shift back to 5th, the car in front of me slowed down to make a turn, as I slowed down with it (to approximately 30mph), the car automatically shifted it back to 5th and reengaged full automatic mode (the information displayed went back to "D")...

I thought that once you toggle the shifters you take the car out of D and enter full manual mode. Why did the car up-shift independently and went back to "D" - Is this normal? If it is, how would I stay in full manual mode? - Do I need to engage DS mode first?

TIA

 

Only in DS mode will the manual selection remain.. at least until you come to a rolling stop.

 

+1 Although in DS mode once you switch to manual, it'll stay that way until you shift out of DS (stopping has no effect, other than shifting down to 1st).

 

Thanks guys