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May 16, 2005 | 02:39 PM

Angel eyes

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My Ride: '05 525iA, silvergray, steptronic, Active steering, PDC, sport seats, beige dakotaleather, poppel trim, M-sport steering wheel, star spoke 123, xenon lights, large clima, cruise control.

My 525i MY05 don?t want to downshift without a kickdown sometimes. Fo5r an example I drive in 20 Mph, make a turn an want to accelarte then It wont downshift, still it?s in gear 3 or 4 or and are unwilling to get a proper acceleration.

Is this something that new software helps???

May 16, 2005 | 05:40 PM

Bart001

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I drove a 2005 525i as a dealer loaner a couple of weeks ago. I noticed that you had to give it quite a bit of throttle to get it to downshift. I think that that's done for fuel economy reasons. So there might not be anything wrong with your car.

May 16, 2005 | 06:48 PM

gdavis

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Originally Posted by Angel eyes' date='May 16 2005, 05:39 PM

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Why don't you try using the DS mode? If you aren't using it, you will find it to help the car be more agressive. I like it much more.

May 16, 2005 | 07:05 PM

Aaron

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My Ride: On Order: 2006 525i Alpine White Auburn Interior Premium Pkg Sport Pkg Cold Weather Pkg Xenons Sunshades Sat Radio Navigation

gdavis, I agree...for the 525, you MUST use the DS mode to get the full capability from the engine. Without it, you are leaving the decision up to the computer entirely and acceleration may not be its number one priority. It is definately not the only priority to the powertrain ECU.