Can Drive Mode be changed on the move?

[ssilverman21]

Does the car need to be at a standstill when changing the Drive Mode i.e. Normal to Sport, etc. or can the car be moving?

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[enzo5000]

Moving. If you have the Chrono Pack, it's makes it very easy to switch modes.

 

[allroadusa]

This can be done as many time as you want any time when moving or not.

 

[RAHRCR]

Technically you can do this moving or at a standstill. I prefer to do this while moving so as to let the suspension geometry adjust to new angles. Could be overkill but its cheap insurance on avoiding undue stresses and premature wear of suspension parts.

 

[Tesla2Taycan]

Has anyone ever heard gears crunch when switching modes? I heard an uncomfortable crunch maybe 3 times over the course of 5700miles. The crunch only seems to occur at very slow speeds like when I’m slowing for a stop light with my foot on the brake pedal.

so now I make sure I don’t have my foot on the brake when I’m changing modes and I change at higher speeds or when at full stop

 

[Archimedes]

Has anyone ever heard gears crunch when switching modes? I heard an uncomfortable crunch maybe 3 times over the course of 5700miles. The crunch only seems to occur at very slow speeds like when I’m slowing for a stop light with my foot on the brake pedal.

so now I make sure I don’t have my foot on the brake when I’m changing modes and I change at higher speeds or when at full stop

Likely you were changing from normal to sport and are hearing a downshift. At lower speeds it can be a bit klunky.

 

[WattTurbo]

I change at higher speeds or when at full stop

I do this as well when switching from normal/range to sport/sport+. I used to drive a manual, and it's like you're downshifting to 1st and not on the gas, so basically you're doing engine braking. Going from sport to normal/range is fine and you can change it at any time.

 

[Tesla2Taycan]

Likely you were changing from normal to sport and are hearing a downshift. At lower speeds it can be a bit klunky.

Hmm I’ll check that next time but IIRC, I was changing from Sport to Normal in a situation where I was coming to a strip of road that only allowed for 25mph max and didn’t need all that power in sport mode.

 

[Tesla2Taycan]

I do this as well when switching from normal/range to sport/sport+. I used to drive a manual, and it's like you're downshifting to 1st and not on the gas, so basically you're doing engine braking. Going from sport to normal/range is fine and you can change it at any time.

Yea I also thought it was the downshifting experience but it wasn’t a pleasant sound.

 

[Kayone73]

Moving. If you have the Chrono Pack, it's makes it very easy to switch modes.

Correct, can be easily changed on the fly with the Drive Mode knob if you have it optioned.

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