slowing down on a rampy road

I have no final answer, but let's try to narrow the focus. My first question for you is this: What do you feel when you are driving along and you take your foot off the gas pedal and actually shift into B? If there is no difference, then maybe your car is actually stuck in B all the time when it should be in D. Second question: does the car still accelerate normally? If not, could the brakes be dragging or a wheel bearing failing?

 

What is a "rampy" road ?
The transmission is always engaged. It doesn't work like a conventional setup.

First thing I would do is have the brakes checked to be sure they aren't dragging.
Soon or immediately. Dragging brakes can overheat and catch fire.

The regenerative braking "engages" immediately upon releasing the throttle but that action shouldn't be "quite fast".

 

This is the 12 volt or hybrid battery? Mostly just to clarify, don't really think it's a factor.

 

How's the fuel consumption?

 

What happened if you throw her in neutral?

 

For info, that's about 6.25 liter/100km, or 37.6 mpg US.



Seems like what you'd get, driving with too much braking, for whatever reason.

So this just started happening about a month ago? Did anything happen at that time? One guess: was maintenance done on the brakes, and since then they maybe are dragging??

 

yeah that's too much fuel burnt, something isn't right.

 

if it goes away in neutral, it can't be brakes or bearings or tires. speed sensor would the the traction lite et al.

 

Full maintenance list w/o an oil change

 

darling, how do you check and clean the speed sensors?

 

This thread has become very sappy .