Hi all. I have a 10 day old 2025 1958 and I am getting something very similar to my Jeep 4xe when stopping or slowing down where the transmission seems to not know what gear it should be in and gives a big jerk or stutter when you slow. Without knowing the gear, I experienced this between gears 3 and 2 when slowing down to stop or then rolling through a light to then accelerate. I would say I am doing 10-15 mph when it occurs. It’s actually startling a bit if you do t know it’s going to happen. Has anyone else had this happen, I feel like it’s a hybrid thing but I don’t particularly like it.
Land Cruiser stuttering at stop
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I can remember early on with my 1958 coming to a stop it would kind of jerk around like it didn’t know quite what gear to be in. It went away pretty quickly as I remember like the computer “learning”. Just a thought.
it the the brakes switching from electric to hydraulic. It will use electric only braking until you either press hard or the car slows below a certain speed then shifts to hydraulic. And I honestly don’t know if the computer is learning more but we probably unconsciously use our foot a little differently after driving the LC long enough.
I had a suspicion on a previous thread that if you switch your (trailer) brake settings to EOH 1-4999 lb, then the LC will use hydraulic brakes all the time in tandem with the electric as it should when towing anything which avoids the brake stutter but I am still testing that out. I think the general consensus is most people think I’m wrong lol but no one else has played with this. I felt like it worked but also would rather charge battery faster with normal electric brakes so i never investigated it further.
I had a suspicion on a previous thread that if you switch your (trailer) brake settings to EOH 1-4999 lb, then the LC will use hydraulic brakes all the time in tandem with the electric as it should when towing anything which avoids the brake stutter but I am still testing that out. I think the general consensus is most people think I’m wrong lol but no one else has played with this. I felt like it worked but also would rather charge battery faster with normal electric brakes so i never investigated it further.
Very common within the first 1k miles. It is the system breaking-in and it is learning your driving style....which is far too reckless by the way.
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hmmmm... I thought the jiggle was the engine stopping and starting....
jiggle might be the wrong word to describe it so you might be talking about something else. The lurching of the car close to stops as I'd say, is usually the hydraulic breaks kicking in. might feel like a transmission downshift because in a way it kinda is. electric breaks are not on the wheels at all, they take place at the electric motor which is just about under our gear shifter (a little more towards the engine). that electric motor reverses polarity when we brake creating resistance from the magnets and slowing the car. when it changes to hydraulic, those magnets then switch back to regular polarity (I think) which releases the car to move more freely only to be grabbed by the hydraulic brakes on the wheels. thus the lurch.
hate it or not, it will probably make your LC brake pads last over 100K miles.
Good to hear I'm currently around 500miles in and I think I've experienced this the other day, glad it gradually can go away
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That’s what I was searching for but it didn’t come to mind, lurching of the vehicle. Same feeling I had in the PHEV Jeep, had to have been the same thing you’re describing. Agreed on the brakes, great benefit there.
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