Power loss in reverse?
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Power loss in reverse?
I have an 06 GT and today while in reverse the car seemed to loose power like sputtering. I was suprised so I tried it again and same thing. Is this some sort of built in safety feature?
P.S the car is an automatic
P.S the car is an automatic
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There is a factory torque limiter for the manual transmission GTs that limits the torque in reverse to about 1/6 that of the other gears (and no, there is no torque limiter for 1st - 5th as far as I can tell).
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In cse you were wondering how that applies to an automatic transmission... the cars with automatics will have a torque limiter setting in the calibration. Chances are the reverse gear has a similar limiter.
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I believe the autos have a torque limiter in 1st gear as well, it seemed that way the one time I drove an 05 auto GT. 1st gear was strong, but when it hit 2nd, it seemed like the engine really took off...like as if I wasn't really flooring it in first, and gave it some more gas in 2nd. Kind of strange, but I guess it could have been the traction control. I don't know.
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Yes, auto's have a torque reduction feature in reverse, this is the only one I DONT mess with. Truly, I knew this would eventually come up but for the past two years have been watching. hahahaa...
Thanks, Doug.
Thanks, Doug.
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I looked at the E-250's 4R70W torque limiter and it seems Ford uses a limiter for all 4 forward gears as well as reverse. However in the Crown Vic's stock calibration, the 4R70W does not have any limiters other than in reverse. The Stang with a manual trans only has a limiter for reverse.
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