I just got mine and haven't hit any steep hills yet. Not happy reading this. I've read the 1.5L slows down up hill but nothing like that.
It’s pretty bad, if I get a good run at the hill, I don’t have any issues, but if I have to start on the hill, it barely moves. And I was in a precarious situation, having a back up a hill, and I had it pinned, and it did not even move 1 inch.
No, this is not normal. You need to take it to the shop and get it fixed.
Really?! I typically use regular, but on this occasion, I actually had premium in it…
Should not have to use premium fuel to climb a hill. Sure, you can get slightly better performance out of premium, but regular gas should get you up a hill.
Premium is never "required" unless you need maximum power. The engine will only produce the advertised maximum power using premium fuel. The behavior you describe cannot be attributed to the use of regular gas. There is a problem with your engine that needs to be diagnosed and repaired by a Ford service center.
This may be a different problem all together. But when it starts to get hot outside my 1.5 requires premium to run correctly. I know it's not supposed to and something must be wrong. But it's a hard problem to diagnose because it usually doesn't happen until you've been driving for a while. From a full stop I can hit the gas and nothing will happen for 2 seconds. Then it will start to rev up. I can put my foot all the way down to the floor and nothing for 2 seconds. I finally found a thread talking about it and premium gas was the fix.
I don’t guess I know what you mean by upshift, I tried it in slippery mode, sand mode, and low… And it didn’t make a difference
