SportShift engine stall
Discussion
Strange thing happened this morning…
Had a 30 min drive and then arrived at a traffic light following 5 mins of 30mph zone. I usually go down the gears to 3rd or 2nd before pulling in both paddles to go into neutral whilst I wait.
This time, I was still in 2nd, slowly decelerating when then engine suddenly cut out at around 5-10 mph. The screen said “Engine Stalled”.
It was no bother at all to restart it and it’s behaved perfectly before and since.
I don’t think there’s any problem and it’s simply one of those things.
But has anyone else experienced this?
V12 2018 AMR Vantage with SportShift III and around 4K miles on the clock.
Had a 30 min drive and then arrived at a traffic light following 5 mins of 30mph zone. I usually go down the gears to 3rd or 2nd before pulling in both paddles to go into neutral whilst I wait.
This time, I was still in 2nd, slowly decelerating when then engine suddenly cut out at around 5-10 mph. The screen said “Engine Stalled”.
It was no bother at all to restart it and it’s behaved perfectly before and since.
I don’t think there’s any problem and it’s simply one of those things.
But has anyone else experienced this?
V12 2018 AMR Vantage with SportShift III and around 4K miles on the clock.
northernmedia said:
Yep can happen from time to time.
Remember to pull both paddles twice to properly engage neutral if that's what you're after.
Otherwise, it's still engaged with the clutch depressed.
Where did you get this info from that you need to pull back twice on the paddles to get "N", (got a link to any info?) doesnt say anything like that in the Owners Manual, just says one pull on both paddles and you have neutral. Is neutral actually a gear, i didnt think it was, what does it matter if the clutch is depressed?Remember to pull both paddles twice to properly engage neutral if that's what you're after.
Otherwise, it's still engaged with the clutch depressed.
northernmedia said:
Yep can happen from time to time.
Remember to pull both paddles twice to properly engage neutral if that's what you're after.
Otherwise, it's still engaged with the clutch depressed.
Pulling both paddles simultaneously and twice in quick succession does not "properly" engage neutral; it's a routine that tells the gearbox not to engage a gear when you key off, so you can push or tow the car. Remember to pull both paddles twice to properly engage neutral if that's what you're after.
Otherwise, it's still engaged with the clutch depressed.
If you want neutral then just press the 'N' button or pull back one both paddles once. But there's no need and no real benefit, unless you want to be able to blip the throttle.
phumy said:
Where did you get this info from that you need to pull back twice on the paddles to get "N", (got a link to any info?) doesnt say anything like that in the Owners Manual, just says one pull on both paddles and you have neutral. Is neutral actually a gear, i didnt think it was, what does it matter if the clutch is depressed?
It's in the SportShift Driving Guide. Send me a PM and I can send it to you.DB9VolanteDriver said:
It’s as LTP said. Pulling the paddles twice in quick succession prevents engaging 1st gear when the key is removed. Neutral is engaged by pulling both paddles once.
To be really, really pedantic, if the SSII is in reverse at key-off then the 'box stays in reverse. In all other gears or neutral, it engages 1st at key-off. 
Well, it happened to me again tonight.
I had to reverse uphill a gentle incline on gravel with a full lock, outside of a restaurant, the car stalled three times. Of course I made a fool of myself in front of basically the whole place.
Damn it that high reverse gear ratio.
What are you guys suggesting in this situation? Avoiding full lock and any accelerator use, if possible?
I had to reverse uphill a gentle incline on gravel with a full lock, outside of a restaurant, the car stalled three times. Of course I made a fool of myself in front of basically the whole place.
Damn it that high reverse gear ratio.
What are you guys suggesting in this situation? Avoiding full lock and any accelerator use, if possible?
EVR said:
Well, it happened to me again tonight.
I had to reverse uphill a gentle incline on gravel with a full lock, outside of a restaurant, the car stalled three times. Of course I made a fool of myself in front of basically the whole place.
Damn it that high reverse gear ratio.
What are you guys suggesting in this situation? Avoiding full lock and any accelerator use, if possible?
Been away, so didn’t see this earlier.I had to reverse uphill a gentle incline on gravel with a full lock, outside of a restaurant, the car stalled three times. Of course I made a fool of myself in front of basically the whole place.
Damn it that high reverse gear ratio.
What are you guys suggesting in this situation? Avoiding full lock and any accelerator use, if possible?
I know the reverse gearing is about 2x higher than normal, but the system should still cope with auto clutch control - in theory.
Tricky one. You don’t want to pin the throttle and see the scenery race by backwards at 50mph! But never experienced this - but I try to avoid reversing up slopes. Sometimes there’s no choice.
A few weeks ago, I was travelling down the congested M42 (is there a more hateful motorway in the UK?) and met stop/start traffic. One of the few times I used Drive mode (surprisingly good for that situation!). At one point, i decelerated from around 30mph to standstill. Just before stopping, the engine stalled… but automatically restarted a second later. No hassle. So not just in manual mode.
Still not fussed, but not definitive rhyme or reason yet.
No worries. Yeah, it never happened to me while driving forward and it never happened to you while reversing. It is weird.
In my case, I really think the major culprit was full lock. High reverse gear plus having to "drag" the front wheels up an incline = stall.
Oh well, let's file this in "yet another quirk that adds on the car personality"?
In my case, I really think the major culprit was full lock. High reverse gear plus having to "drag" the front wheels up an incline = stall.
Oh well, let's file this in "yet another quirk that adds on the car personality"?
EVR said:
No worries. Yeah, it never happened to me while driving forward and it never happened to you while reversing. It is weird.
In my case, I really think the major culprit was full lock. High reverse gear plus having to "drag" the front wheels up an incline = stall.
Oh well, let's file this in "yet another quirk that adds on the car personality"?
Yep - I can see full lock being added to the uphill resistance contributing.In my case, I really think the major culprit was full lock. High reverse gear plus having to "drag" the front wheels up an incline = stall.
Oh well, let's file this in "yet another quirk that adds on the car personality"?
I think SportShift was also way ahead of its time. How they added "AI crowd detection" for maximum embarrassment is a wonder of modern engineering
Gassing Station | Aston Martin | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff