S/C’s might be different, but since there was a gearbox ECU software update in 2016 I haven’t used my SDv6’s paddle shifters on the road - the update transformed the shifts in D to the extent that the gear box drops gears much more swiftly when you want to do a bit of last minute over taking. They are still useful offroad though to hold the car in lower gears when the down hills get a bit steep! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I don't use mine much, only on a really fast cross country blast. 2012 MY 3.0 SDV6 HSE, Alive tuned. I can't see any way of disabling them on this MY, but that said, when I am of a mind to use them, they work in both S and D mode and in dynamic and normal modes, and all possible variants or combinations of these 4 modes.

I would like them to work like my old R50. No matter what mode revert to auto after either starting from stop or if in the wrong gear. Other this like the ability to select. M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.

With my RRS you cannot select the wrong gear using paddle shift, it will not change a gear if the ECU detects out of parameter conditions. I agree that if you stop in Commandshift (LR speak for manual shifting with the paddles) it is a pain having to go through the setting procedure to get back into manual mode especially when you are offroad in less than ideal conditions - it may be something to do with software that requires the car to be in P or N to restart the engine and that defaults to P when you switch off the ignition. I don’t have the auto-lowering function on my car but I wonder how that stops the car lowering when you are offroad and want to get out - do you have to manually disable it for off-road use? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

The auto access height feature can be disabled in the dash menu.

But if left in auto mode will it stop the car lowering if there is an obstruction beneath the car? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

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That’s a very good question. I am not sure and am reluctant to experiment but will try to find out!

Tim, according to the manual:

“Auto access height does not operate in the following conditions:

1. The suspension has entered into extended mode. See EXTENDED MODE.

2. The vehicle is parked on excessive inclines and declines, or on a very uneven surface.

3. If there are insufficient air reserves in the electronic air suspension system. In this event, an temporarily unavailable message displays in the message center, when a door is next opened.”

“EXTENDED MODE
If the vehicle is grounded in severe off-road conditions, the electronic air suspension system may automatically enter into an extended mode. The electronic air suspension system rises automatically to assist in clearing the obstacle.”

It’s still not clear what would happen if it was lowering and hit an obstruction on the way down. Perhaps someone else has experienced this . . . .?

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic20243....ended+mode 2023 P440e SE Dynamic on order -cancelled

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Disco, but I think it's the same. RRS MY17 SDV6 AB
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I use the paddles quite a bit where in my old TDV8 I hardly ever used the manual gear change on the stick. I find the 8 speed gearbox too often tries to stay in a high gear - presumably for emissions reasons. I've given up counting the number of times I've asked for a bit power and sat there waiting for it all to decide what to do. It's nearly had me hit by other cars a couple of times. It's all very smooth and pleasant when pottering but if asked to lift its skirts, it's very hesitant. Stick it in dynamic mode and sport and it's a totally different animal. All very Jekyll and Hyde. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Over and above the off-road height, what would be a safe extra height that one could program using the IID tool?

In my previous D4, I had it at 50mm. Can the RRS do more/less? --
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