ninaws

I am getting ready to pull the trigger on getting a CT this weekend (yaaaaay) and last night I took one out for another test drive, just to settle things in my mind. While I was driving, I noticed that it was continually surging -- nothing dramatic, just a little bit. Like I was tapping on the gas or something. I was going a pretty steady 30-35mph.

I don't remember noticing that when I test drove the CT for the first time: is it always there or did it happen to be that particular car I was driving last night? My first test drive was a base model CT; last night was an F-Sport.

This will be my first automatic transmission car so I unaccustomed to not having total control of my car.

JayGoldste

I haven't experienced anything like the "surging" you describe, nor have I seen any postings about it. Do you recall what drive mode you were in at the time (i.e., Eco, Normal, or Sport)? I always use the Sport mode.

lexuslover

maybe it was the gas engine kicking in? the CT can run up to 45mph on electric if it's a coasting type drive with minimal acceleration. but of course the gas engine kicks in if the battery is low or if it senses you need a little more juice (i.e., on an incline).

my experience though is that the hybrid system is extremely seamless and invisible. i can't recall what i thought of it when i first got it, but almost three years later i don't feel the gas engine come on. and even if i do, it's not really a "surge".

perhaps the salesperson had it on sport, in which case the pedal response is much faster and will be a little jumpier.

ninaws

I'm not sure what mode I was driving in -- whatever it was left in, that's the mode I drove off the lot in! It wasn't a speed surge; it's like I could feel the car pulling a little. It was very steady, every 10 seconds or so. It's good to hear that it should be a seamless experience -- that makes me think that maybe that car in particular had something going on with it because, like I said, I did not remember experiencing that on my initial test drive.

AspenCdn

No surging for me. The engine will shut down though if you are coasting or on the brakes coming to a stop. You can hear it more than feel it.
Steady state mine just purrs along, I have tried cruise control as well and it just drives along smooth as can be.
It's a 2014 F Sport.

smarks1632

So did you end up buying a ct? Does it surge like the test vehicle?