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D or 3 - not for me
I always drive in D but never liked the boged down drone when I'm riding at 40-45. Sounds and feels like it upshifted too early. So I tried driving in 3. Not good. It sounds great at 40-45 but when I slow down, it looses it's mind and shifts all over the place. It hunts going from 2 to 1 and from 3 to 2. It's a real crappy wtf feeling.
In D it shifts flawlessly. I hope that it's just not an early warning for me. |
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Do you have the resistor unplugged? That would make it do that, but it should do it when it is in D as well.
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Nope, resistor is in place.
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It could be that the selector mechanism is out of adjustment.
The mechanism operates a valve within the transmission which selects appropriate fluid passages for each gear ratio and also simultaneously moves the inhibitor switch. This incorporates a selector switch as a means of selecting the solenoid required for each gear.
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I think that this could easily be the issue. I don't think that the car has ever been driven in any other gear than D or R. It was really hard to pull the shifter down to 3. I don't think that I'm going to try it again.
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Mine was difficult to move back past drive as well. I pulled the E-brake & worked the shifter back & forth slowly, until it freed up. It took a few trips through it's range, but it's like butter now.
Oh yeah.... I did this with the car off, so as not to confuse the TCU. I don't know if it'd do any harm with it on, but why take that chance
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Is the power light blinking when you turn the car on. (blinking 16 times?)
Tom |
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Yes The power blinking light does come on 16 times. And Crazyhorse, I've been working my shifter throught the range and it's getting easier but I still think that I'm going to stick with D. You should be able to shift like this while driving shouldn't you?
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the symptoms you describe are that of a bad shift resistor. I would suggest lubricating and checking adjustment of the shifter column first as it is a good idea regardless. Then check your TCU codes found in the how to. I would image you get a code for shift solenoid A
Tom |
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I agree with Tom already, but rather than go with Tom or Trevor's advice, I think you should follow the directions for pulling Transmission Error Codes. The 16 blinks of the POWER light upon startup indicate a stored error code. To retrieve it, follow this procedure:
http://www.svx-iw.com/svxiw/article/?article=79 Though like I said... I'm pretty sure you'll end up with a Code 11. A simple replacement of the resistor behind the battery would solve that problem for you, making both D and 3 smooth as butter. |
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