Honda Jazz 1.2 - Gear shift indicator faulty?

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Sun 4 Mar 2012 00:07
Honda Jazz 1.2 - Gear shift indicator faulty? - Ian2012

Just bought an used Honda Jazz 1.2 i-VTEC SE [VSA] (a little over 2 years old with a 59 number plate) from a main Honda dealer. Notice that the gear shift indicator prompts me to shift up the gear from 4th to 5th even when the speed is only doing 35 miles/hour. Is this normal?

I have never driven a car with a gear shift indicator before. I would expect the gear to stay at 4th when the speed is between 30--40 miles/hour and usually only change from 4th to 5th after the speed reaches 40+miles/hour. Is this expected on this model or is the indicator faulty?

Your advice will be greatly appreciated.

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Sun 4 Mar 2012 06:54
Honda Jazz 1.2 - Gear shift indicator faulty? - unthrottled

Yes. You don't need much power to maintain speed, so it is more efficient to use the highest gear possible once you've finished accelerating. I usually skip into fifth at 30 (but my car has low gearing). Don't use fourth much any more-it's a bit of a non-gear!

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