Eco-Coasting feature broken after update.

[Ishikaro]

Just had my G70 3.3T in for servicing and they updated the coasting software. Immediately I noticed that the car no longer coasts when I take the foot off the gas. In other words, I notice immediate and sustained deceleration as soon as I let of the gas as opposed to before where it would coast for a good minute losing maybe 5-10 km/h on a flat surface.

I asked them about it and they had no clue...

Is this an isolated incident, and if not, is there an official reason this feature was removed? Any patch notes I could look at?

 

[NLJ]

Coasting only works on Eco and Smart-Eco and only when the engine and transmission are up to a certain temperature. Not on cold start or for a bit after it.

 

[Ishikaro]

Yeah, I keep it on Eco most of the time. To give you a good example. I drove from Tampa to Toronto in one continuous drive. Engine temp should definitely not have been an issue and outside temperatures ranged from 27C (80F) to -5C (23F) on relatively flat ground. It should have triggered a whole bunch of times during this drive.

Before the update I could frequently see the 'Coasting' notification come up on the info cluster.

 

[NLJ]

Yeah, I keep it on Eco most of the time. To give you a good example. I drove from Tampa to Toronto in one continuous drive. Engine temp should definitely not have been an issue and outside temperatures ranged from 27C (80F) to -5C (23F) on relatively flat ground. It should have triggered a whole bunch of times during this drive.

Before the update I could frequently see the 'Coasting' notification come up on the info cluster.

Check to see if COasting is on in the menu. Maybe it got unchecked!

 

[Ishikaro]

Looked at every available option - there was nothing for coasting

 

[danygenesis]

Looked at every available option - there was nothing for coasting

The Eco Coasting menu is on the Multimedia unit in the center console.

 

[Edmguy]

Like @danygenesis mentioned, it is under vehicle settings and it was probably unchecked. Oddly enough I just noticed that mine was unchecked which I thought was odd but I had my car in for service last month so maybe that happened to me as well.

You can see the option in the picture below:

 

[Cowtown]

Pro tips here, I'm not sure I ever turned it on. With my recent run to and from Seattle I ran in Eco most of the way, to good success, but I don't think I ever saw coasting pop up. I'll have to check that out.

 

[Ishikaro]

Thanks everyone! The feature had indeed been turned off during servicing (it comes turned on from the factory, so I never had to turn it on in the first place!)

 

[Slip_Angle]

Interesting feature. What is your liters/100km's in Eco mode - coasting? I suppose if there are some decent gas savings it might be worth it........

...na. I bought the 3.3T for one reason and it ain't saving gas!!

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