How To: Paddle Shifters
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2023
- Do you have Paddle Shifters in your Subaru but not know how or when to use them? In this video Product Specialist Dan Walker breaks down everything you need to know for your next adventure!
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I gotta admit I don't use my paddle shifters that much on my xt but it's pretty great in the winter when going up or down a icy hill. I get to hold a "gear" without having to use my brakes, reducing slipping.
That's actually quite helpful, i was actually looking for an efficient way to keep control of my car while going easy on the breaks of my brand new Crosstrek!
This feature threw me for a loop the first time I tried it. This is the first car I've owned where manual mode isn't available on the stick, only on the paddles. :D
It's great control.. downshift been the masters technique for ages.
Also you don't need to move the shifter to enable
Just paddle down... Then to up shift
I use the shifter... Over to manual, back to drive.
The car sorts out which gear to be
Bought my Crosstrek in March, never used the paddle shifters until last week. I was descending Mt. Washington and the paddle shifters worked brilliantly. But I did notice the engine rev’ed over 4000rpm in spots which I never hit during normal driving.
If I use paddle shifter on my crosstrek 4000rpm would be a good spot to shift
I drive a 2020 Impreza and have paddle shifter in my Suburu it increases the speed by a pretty decent amount by increasing the acceleration if your wanna have a loud engine and faster acceleration and it’s good for it’s utilities as wel
Great feature. I use most to slow down so brakes get used less. I do wonder if down shift has any long term wear on transmission.
That’s how I use it, also for going down mountains. My concern is also about the possible wear on the transmission.
It should be noted that only the Wilderness trim of the Forester has 8 sim'd gears. All others seem to be 7. Not sure if this holds true for the other models.
I was playing with them while I was driving and didn’t even realize it. I hope I can’t screw up my car like that can I? I won’t do it again, but just wanna make sure I didn’t do anything wrong.
I love my paddle shifters in my Smart Fortwo and they are basically the same except there's no manual downshifting when in regular automatic drive.
Just put the vehicle in cruise control when you’re going up and down through hills; it’ll shift for u.
I would rather just be able to set the (Simulated) top gear (I believe Ford calls it gear lockout). As i only use it for down hill. But when cornering, You can easily loose track of witch side the padle is on. I would prefer the button on the shifter for that reason.
Fully agree.
I believe the automatic BRZ has a Toyota 6-speed, and not a Subaru CVT.
So you can use the down shift paddle in auto mode (aka drive) to down shift a few gears to accelerate to pass as well, without shifting into manual mode, correct ?
My car jerks at low speeds. Took to dealer they did maintenance and all good. Still happened so took it again and said it normal. Just don’t press the gas too hard. I try to do all that and still jerks. It’s very frustrating.
I did hear taking the airbox filter out could help with throttle response from start. Do at your own risk.
Is it possible to money shift in that automatic on the M mode?
No
There is no neutral and the car won't allow crazy gear jumps since it literally can't as its a cvt
So do you let off the gas when shifting as you would when using a clutch or do you accelerate and shift at the same time?
Maintain acceleration
@@doctordryan thks
My wife hits them accidentally which can be quite a jolt at higher speeds. I heard you cannot disable this feature. I'm thinking of shoving small wedges in thete so the paddles won't work. Any other ideas? She hates the paddles
Doesn’t she have push the stick first to manual to accidentally activate the paddle shifters?
Please explain - What are you doing with the brake and gas peddle while you are using the paddles?
You understand that there is no clutch in a cvt right? Nothing special needs to be done with the accelerator or brakes during shifting.
@@transtubular Yes of course but all these new fangled computerized gadgets are new to me after only driving manuals and just wanted to be sure there was no little detail that the salesman didn't tell me about. I wouldn't want to take the chance of wrecking something because of a little detail. So just keep your foot on the gas? that doesn't make sense if you are shifting down. It would make more sense to take your foot off the gas then downshift and use the paddle to slow down instead of the brake especially in icy conditions. And shifting up I would think you just keep your foot on the gas. Right? or wrong?
you can shift up or down while pressing the brakes or the accelerator, it doesn't matter.
@@dgh5760Just watch rpms like you would a traditional manual- you can still see by rpms and hear the engine to tell whether to use brakes or accelerator. Just like a manual, just no clutch coordination with it.
I’m thinking with a CVT, using it to hold back the car would shorten the life of the transmission.
Going downhill there's not really any engine braking in standard mode.
Did some up & down traveling in Eastern Pennsylvania, it was common to hit 90 mph going downhill. 😮😁
Thank you for this video.
I am just wondering how do you make your dashboard lights blink like that? Thank you.
Frame rate that is being used to film vs the frequency of the lighting causes the blinking. Just like the rotational rate of helicopter blades combined with certain frame rates can make a helicopter look like it is flying without the blades moving at all. Pretty crazy stuff.
@@JamesSymmonds thank you! I thought it is one of the safety features to keep the driver awake..
Most people don’t realize that most LED lights actually have a rapid blinking frequency built into the circuitry. Your eyes cant see it. Unless you look back and forth rapidly while looking at the light - or use a camera video which has it’s own blinking shutter speed and will reveal other LED blinking
Is it possible with a CVT? 😅 CVT has no gears
But it has multiple ratios to choose from. Ratios come by changing gears, or in the case of a CVT, the pulley distances.
Isn't the BRZ an actual 6-speed, not CVT simulated?
You can get it in a 6-speed manual transmission or in a 6-speed simulated CVT!
@@schallersubaru4032 The BRZ doesn't use CVT, it uses a regular automatic transmission.
The only thing that I know about paddle shifters is that they help you to burn more gas….😂
The word is called engine breaking
I like the idea of braking with them.
Is that going to damage my transmission?!
Is it fine to do this?
safe unless it reach red zone
I'm gonna miss the manual transmissions 😞
Lol, why put wear and tear on your brakes to slow down when you can put wear and tear on your transmission instead 🤔
You should not have to use brakes as much.
@@wendygintz6123 yes but that energy has to go somewhere, so if you slow down using the transmission you are putting wear and tear on the transmission instead of the brakes. so while your not using the brakes as much, your now using the transmission instead. it is much easier and cheaper to replace the brakes than it is to replace the transmission.
Not sure if that was a real question, but his example was descending a mountain. In that scenario, overheating your brakes resulting in break failure is a real possibility. Using a higher gear in conjunction with your breaks is recommended.
It's not that you are putting extra wear on the transmission, that's actually a part of its job. And it's safer to engine brake in some cases rather than just using the brakes.
Most trucks with a "tow package" that when engaged will have the vehicle downshift to aid in braking.
And any automatic vehicle will automatically downshift if you are not using the accelerator or brakes. It really does no harm. The only time it really could would be if it were a true manual transmission and you skipped a gear or two on the downshift.
The brz’s is a real transmission.. not simulated lol
I will never use this shift paddle I have this car for two years never use it and never will.
Thanks for sharing.
I have a forester for 6 years now, and I rarely use it, only use it when going downhill to combine engine braking with foot braking....
for regular driving, or even "fun" driving, it is thrash, it feels weird to make CVT do the fake shifts and feels very unnatural.
Thought it was a normal auto but i guess its a cvt
Good for you bud
Instructions for WRX: just buy a manual.
right?, who the hell buys WRX CVTs......
It’s a CVT, there’s no point. There’s no gears!
Ok I’ve got to say something here.
I owned a 2011 Rav 4WD Limited with a 269hp 3.5 V6 engine and a 5spd geared automatic transmission. I got 28mpg on the highway with the cruise set on 75mph.
I sold it to buy a 182hp 4cyl Subaru Forester Touring that Subaru LIED about with the CVT to get better fuel economy. I now get ONLY 25mpg on the highway with the cruise set on 75mph with the CVT.
Going from a 269hp V6 to a 182hp 4banger with a CVT was the BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.
My old Rav would flat out get up and go, whereas my Forester is sluggish in comparison with LOWER FUEL ECONOMY.
The CVT SUCKS the engine of hp, mpg and fuel economy, so SCREW the LIES from Subaru!!!!!!!!!!
Going 75 in any vehicle isn't going to get great mpg - ram's go up too much. You're also comparing apples to orange- V6 to 4 cylinder. You've got to expect differences, no matter what you're told.
@@ais312 With my old Rav with the 3.5 V6 at 75mph and the RPMs at 2K and the Forester with the 2.5 4 cyl runs at 1800 RPMs at 75mph.
So the Forester is One liter Smaller at 2.5L than the Rav at 3.5L
The Forester has 182hp and the Rav had 269hp.
Therefore when a V6 is running at 2K RPM and a 4 cyl is running at 1,800 RPM, then it should get BETTER fuel economy than the Rav.
But the CVT robs the engine of hp, torque and mpg.
Going from 28mpg to 25mpg and loosing 87 hp tells me that Subaru lies as much as Biden thinking that inflation is lower since he’s been in office.
Subaru LIED and ASAP, I’m getting rid of my Forester and going back to Toyota !
Not tiptronic
A waste of money and space behind the steering wheel with a cvt. Spend money on a sensible intuitive touch screen. Or just use the Forster screen and knobs in the Outback.
How to paddle shifters? you don't.
waste of money
Hate paddle shifters
What a joke , paddle shifters for CVT 😂 , Subbie needs better design team, get away from CVT , design more powerful base engines , nicer looking exterior and interior , put more priority on road manners, get rid off cheesy LCDs .... In other words turn into a Mazda so you cars can make sense .
Oh and no my Dog or Car does not have to love it 🤣😜