No it's not possible to prevent the automatic down shift. In manual mode the shifts occur to prevent damage to the gearbox.

You should have a gear indicator on the display telling you what gear you are in

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The gear indicator Grumpyaxeswinger mentions, is in the base pack of ConversMod:

https://www.conversmod.de/index.php?page=conversmod

 

In manual mode it shows what gear it is in on the dash display in standard oem factory spec dash display.
As previously stated it will override what gear you are in to avoid damage, like for example it wont change down when you manually request it if it would mean the downshift caused the eng to over rev

 

A link to a pic of my dash showing first gear selected in manual mode.

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Just to clarify what I meant. With standard dash you can only see what gear you are in if operating manually and lever in S position.
With lever in D you cannot see what gear you are in.
Deepdiver and hamish are correct, if you want to see what gear you are in at all times you need the mod they advise.
I think this is now available through Bigi on here

 

Yeah, I thought not. The gearbox could just open the clutch to prevent engine damage rather than downshifting without me knowing. Yeah, I know about the gears number on the dash, but in low speeds doing a complex maneuver, I can't keep on glancing down to the indicator to make sure the gear hasn't changed without my knowledge.

I just need to figure out roughly what speed will cause the box to change itself and be more cautious at around those speeds.

Cheers all.

 

Not trying to be funny, but it all sounds overly complicated for an automatic gearbox? Surely the whole point is that you shouldn't have to be thinking about what it's doing.

I haven't owned an auto for yonks, but am seriously thinking about one next time - must be cos I'm getting older...

 

twincarbs - the PowerShift gearbox can always be in automatic mode and you can elect never to use the manual mode if you prefer, but I've personally found I don't particularly like the "Drive" mode for a couple reasons, and I find I prefer using the manual mode. I'm also finding I definitely prefer having control over the gear selections rather than leaving it to the computer to decide - which doesn't always choose the best gear as it can't see the road in front of you, or know what your ultimate intentions are.

I would have much preferred to get a Titanium X Sport 2.0 EcoBoost with a manual gearbox, but it's not sold as an option, same with the Mk5 version. I also would prefer an AWD version, as the engine really pushes the limit of FWD, but a Volvo V70 T6 AWD with a similar spec was out of my budget (EDIT: though also only available in automatic, meh).

 

Eddles, on a side point, do you not find it messy/difficult to change gears if the steering wheel is way off the fairly straight ahead position.
Have you seen those vertcal extensions you can attach to the levers

 

Eddles, on a side point, do you not find it messy/difficult to change gears if the steering wheel is way off the fairly straight ahead position.
Have you seen those vertcal extensions you can attach to the levers

I'm alright with the lever - not quite sure what you're referring to, but I don't have the steering wheel paddles, I use the gearshift lever on the central console to change gears? Cheers!

 

Think the mk5 and some of the mk4s have paddle shifters behind the steering wheel.

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aaaah, sorry about that ref the st wheel paddles. I forgot, and I had my wonderful MK4.5 for 5 years!!! Still miss it in quite a few ways

 

When I shift in manual mode I notice a little delay, about half a second or so before the car shifts, is this also normal behavior?

 

Without driving it difficult to confirm 101% but it sounds ok from how you describe

 

Is it normal for the powershift not to change up to 6th before 40 mph, when I do it manually I can select 6th just about 41 mph and it stays there in auto mode it will never drop below 1500 rpm.

 

It is normal for it NOT to change up to 6th before 40mph.

I wouldn't want to be "using" an engine below 1500 rpm

 

I drive a Transit Minibus and the green section on the tacho is 1500-3000 it is fine in 6th at 40mph

 

Problem with that is you maybe in to high a gear for the speed causing the engine to labour that's not good for the long term life of the engine.

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I drive a Transit Minibus and the green section on the tacho is 1500-3000 it is fine in 6th at 40mph

That's kind of irrelevant when you're talking about a Mondeo unless that minibus has the same engine\gearbox\final drive ratio\tyre size as the Mondeo.

The last diesel I had was a Peugeot coupe 2.2hdi and driving that at sub 1500rpm was actually worse for fuel economy and destroyed the DMF in short order.