Originally Posted by keevo54

Check owners manual for lowest speeds to travel in each gear. My IX says 45mph in 5th is lowest but says you can go a little lower with little to no acceleration.

Originally Posted by keevo54

Check owners manual for lowest speeds to travel in each gear. My IX says 45mph in 5th is lowest but says you can go a little lower with little to no acceleration.

Originally Posted by AWDrift07

It's bad for the main bearings/TC to put it in a high gear at low rpm with WOT. If you're cruisng at 40 and have the rpms around 2k its normal/fine. But say you just put the pedal to the floor, same gear, same rpm, thats bad... Downshift to accelerate.

5th gear, 1.5k rpm cruising is the lowest you should go IMO. Any lower and you should downshift.

It's bogging/shaking because you're asking the engine to do too much work out of its optimal powerband. And you will slowly kill your main bearings/ TC.