hi all,

sometimes, at auto mode, my gear get stuck at a particular gear (say at gear 3) and refuse to change gear (to gear 4) after rev-ing the car hard & release the accelerator suddenly. (it is like the torque converter is unable to engage the next gear, and the rpm remains at a certain value)

anyone experience this?

 

i don't experience that on my 6AT..

 

erm... im on a 4at and i do face that problem too sometimes when i use D mode... thats why not i use the M mode hehe.. its better too... =)

 

so is it a manufacturing defect? My ride is only 2 months old.

 

I have that on my 4AT too. My take is that it's designed to hold in gear 3, in anticipation that you need the power band in such a drive. It goes up to gear 4 after a few seconds. I find that quite good actually. Not a problem with me.

King105

 

i dun have this problem le...driving 6at.. just rev lo..u mean u get stuck at gear 3 all the time in D mode?

 

yep, at D mode. i rev the car hard, let go of the accelerator, expecting the gear to upshift. But sometimes, the gear gets stuck at a particular gear (usually 3 or 4) and rpm stuck at about 3000rpm.

 

Here's how I guess the shift program works :

Accelerate hard = go into Sport mode, hold each gear longer

Let go of accelerator = slow down, prepare to corner, likely downshift. Hold gear prepare to downshift on the next blip of the driver's right foot.

No blip? = wait for next accelerator movement.

Still no blip = obviously not a hard driver = change to normal mode

See, took too long. The driver not the program.

-Ringer-

 

Wah... long time never see you already.

You should come down to one of the meets some day, although the main problem is that they are held mostly at night.

 

hello,

I have the 4AT and while driving in D the gearbox stays in 3 always while cruising. It only moves to 4 when acceleration is very light and speed is over 60km/h. either way its best to drive this gearbox in M mode.

 

after monitoring my car, my guess is that it is not a technical fault. It is probably due to the tuning of the ECU.