Up shift indicator light
 

The up shift indicator light on the tach starts flashing when I’m in 6 gear at 90+ mph for more then a few minutes or so. The preset was 4000 rpms I changed it to 4500 rpms. Any thoughts on this, good or bad.

Bad.

rev light
 

bad that i changed it or bad that it does it

Ignore what that guy said. He's just messing with you. It's just an indicator light so as long as the blinking doesn't bother you, it's fine. It's kind of stupid how it would still be active in 6th gear though. I guess the car wants you to add another gear.


You shouldn't be hitting 90 on public roads anyways, but thats none of my business.

6th gear is overdrive. my understanding is that the car tops out in 5th gear.

I'm just saying why have it turn on, blink or otherwise in sixth gear at all. It's suppose to indicate where you should shift up to the next gear. I suppose it sort of reminds you not to run it at high rpm's for too long where it's prone to overheat the oil.

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Or are you screwing with people's heads too?

It's bad that its blinking. Mine doesn't do that when I'm 90 it should only blink when you redline.

You do know that you can adjust what rpm it blinks at right? It's set at redline from the factory.

My bad, didn't read all the posts. Reading this from a cellphone.

So shouldn't it be adjusted much higher than 4500 RPM?

Thanks for all the feedback. As you guys probably already know ( I just found out) its preset at 4000 rpms so it flashes at 3500 rpms and stays on at 4000rpms. I obviously shift before this occurs. I reset it to 4500rpms so the light doesn’t come on. Car is still new to me so I’m learning new things about it as I go. I was just a little surprised to see it come on in 6th gear even at 90 mph.

Was it used? Maybe set for better mileage. Jg

Doing 90 or 30 MPH, it doesn't matter. The light will come on whenever you exceed your set RPM (whatever you set to). Also, calm down. You're driving a little too fast on those public streets. I mean, we all do it sometimes but it's def restricted to discuss here on the forum.

Ok sorry no more mention of mph

I still don't get it - why set so low?

BTW, the auto should have this feature.

I set it low for those times I want to be more economical with the gas and change gears at lower rpm's. I just can't help myself sometimes.

I set it at 4000rpm during break-in.

That's over now - it's back at 7500rpm. :tup:

or just say + "...at the track"

7500 WOW
at the track, got it thanks

Wait a minute.... this is news to me!
I can set what RPMs the flashing shift light comes on at?
I totally missed that in the RTFM. Can someone please tell me where to find this info?
THX

It's in the information center on the left of the wheel.

It's the redline for the VQ37VHR. I don't think I've ever lit it up at that high. In 1st/2nd gears, though, during spirited acceleration, it probably comes up pretty quick.

Yah, as ChrisSlicks says, it's in the info section on the left hand dial. Just press the "menu switch" button (the one with two squares) until the big menu with five items comes up. Select with the other button. You'll come up on the setting soon enough - it's almost like setting a clock. ;)

Hot damn!

Does the 2014 base have it any body knows????

Yes the 2014 base model has it.

*set to 2500 rpms* now I'll be safe driver!

Dude plzz help I'm like trying to look for it and can't find it ???

lol you thread necros. :roflpuke2:

You can change it when you look on top of your fuel indicator, there's going to be 2 buttons you can press. One button is to change information on the display or navigate in menus, while the other is to select. I can't remember exactly what part of the menu it is but I got mine set at 6500rpm. :driving:

Oh ookY thanks man I try it out I waz in setting and didn't see any thing that said rpm or and thing it's weird

Its in the alerts section, called shift indicator I believe. I had to set it about 500RPM higher than I wanted it to start flashing, ie, set to 7900 to flash just before redline of 7500.

:iagree::iagree:

i set mine to 5k rpm as a 'FUN MODE' indicator

I don't understand why you would need a blinking light to tell you when to shift:confused: