Too much Engine Braking

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I have a 2016 Civic Ex 2.0 with CVT. It has always seemed that there is too much engine braking. When I let off the gas, instead of coasting, the speed of the engine slows the car right down. I've mentioned it to the dealer but of course they say it's normal. Last weekend on a long trip through the mountains I noticed that when in drive going down these rather steep hills, my foot completely off the gas pedal, the transmission was grabbing the engine and spinning it at over 3,000 rpm. That's not normal, right?
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Sounds normal to me. Even the 1.5L does it too when going down hills. Even if it's in D.
 

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1.5 here. I'm in b/w two mountain ranges, had the car nearly a year and a half. 100% normal.
 
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I've never had an automatic transmission do that before in drive. Is that a CVT thing?
 


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Turning Off traction control stops the engine braking on my Hatchback
 

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Last weekend on a long trip through the mountains I noticed that when in drive going down these rather steep hills, my foot completely off the gas pedal, the transmission was grabbing the engine and spinning it at over 3,000 rpm. That's not normal, right?
I'd be doing that in a manual transmission so that I wouldn't be roasting my brakes all the way down the mountains.

Haven't been into a hilly area yet in my CVT Civic, but I kinda hope it'll do the same thing. If needed, I'll shift it into S and use the paddles for a good gear.
 

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Fun little fact: Going downhill (at least a 7% or so grade), stab the brakes quick enough to scrub off ~10ish MPH, and the RPM will quickly shoot up another 1k or so for even more engine braking. Even in D.
 

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I'd like to disable this. Is there a way? This will cause more engine and transmission wear.
Brake pads cost $50 for about 4 years of driving. I don't think engine wear can match that price.
Faster engine and transmission rotation means more wear. Engine oil needs more frequent changing and intake filter too. And engine noise is very annoying.
 


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I'd like to disable this. Is there a way? This will cause more engine and transmission wear.
Brake pads cost $50 for about 4 years of driving. I don't think engine wear can match that price.
Faster engine and transmission rotation means more wear. Engine oil needs more frequent changing and intake filter too. And engine noise is very annoying.
$50/4 years? What brakes are you using ffs?
 

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Well, since this got bumped (almost three years old!)...

I'd be doing that in a manual transmission so that I wouldn't be roasting my brakes all the way down the mountains.

Haven't been into a hilly area yet in my CVT Civic, but I kinda hope it'll do the same thing. If needed, I'll shift it into S and use the paddles for a good gear.
It's been great on hills. I don't even need to shift it to S, either; I just click down a "gear" or two, leave my foot off the gas, and it'll hold the gear until either the road levels out or I start using the gas again. Then it goes back to regular fully automatic D mode.

Our CR-V doesn't have paddles, but it has D, S, and L. Either the S or L gears are good for long downhills, with the L giving stronger engine braking at higher revs.
 

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I daily drive in S mode and quite frankly all the time (24mpg). I only ever shift in D mode when I'm trying to get a quieter exhaust note if I'm in my neighborhood late at night or if any police are nearby. I have an invidia exhaust, catless downpipe, and an intake and it gets kinda loud when I give it more than 30%-35% throttle.

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This is from the manual. I've noticed engine braking in all modes but especially in S and L.
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