ATX gear shifting display

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Discussion Starter · Aug 27, 2010

Hi , newbie from the UK here!!
I have a 2.0L 2007 Mazda 6 (only had it a couple of weeks) it appears to have the 5-speed ATX, my question really relates more to the gear indicator on the dashboard when in 'D' mode; whilst slowing down and the indicator displays No.3, then while slowing down still further it just sits there displaying gear 3 until just below 10mph , I expected it to then display No.2 at some point here which it doesn't , it then just goes straight to No.1 when I'm at virtual stop, just wonder why under these conditions it won't display gear 2, however it will display gear No.2 when going up the gears and also using the manual +/- shift it will also go up and down and display all the gear numbers, but as said it's only when in automatic 'D' mode , is this normal behaviour for these ATX's (if any of the above makes sense :lol

Cheers Pete

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Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 27, 2010

javim007 said:
It is normal. And it does make sense if you think about it. When coming to a stop it's not really necessary to down shift all the way back to 1st. And If you are not gonna stop it will then shift to 1st or 2nd anyway depending on pedal position.

Thanks for your reply mate, I appreciate what you're saying there, so it's more to do with pedal position then as opposed to actual revs, was beginning to think I had some kinda fault going on here, as the other test I did was to find a quiet road and took my foot off the throttle and let the car coast down to low speed and it just remained displaying No.3 and at no point did it display No.2 but just went to No.1 as I braked to a halt (which I expected) so if this is normal that gives me peace of mind that the ATX is ok and no expensive bills pending!!
Cheers Pete

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Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 27, 2010

javim007 said:
No problem.And yeah at low speeds it has to do more with Pedal position than anything. If you floor it it will go to first obviously with less pedal action it may shift to 2nd. or stay in 3rd.

Just managed to download a service manual and it states in there that for CTP (closed throttle position) it's D4>D3 , D3>D1 , which would as you say be more to do with pedal position, so I've learnt something today:lol:
Cheers Pete

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