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So, I've finally put around 5,000 miles on my truck, and I've noticed something really annoying: the transmission. I've never been fond of automatics, and this one just makes me less fond of them. Anyway, the first to second upshift is ridiculously harsh, as if it lunges forward and shudders at the same time (more so at low-med speed - 0-20mph), and the 4th to 5th gear upshift isn't any better, but it's more like the tranny is slamming into gear here. I won't even get into the downshifts, but they're equally as bad. When the truck was brand new, I couldn't even tell when it shifted except on those torquey downshifts.
The delay in the drive-by-wire to automatic transmission control is also a nuisance. You step on the pedal to get the gear you want, but the delay causes me to miss certain opportunities to pass in tight areas. I'll mash on the gas and it'll give me 4th gear (from 5th) after a 2 second delay, then it'll slam into 3rd gear after another 2 seconds and it causes some passenger discomfort (not that I mind much :lol: ). I think the programs in the ECU need work. For now, I just use the shifter to get whatever gear I need. It's much less frustrating.
Yes it's going to the dealer for this and many other things (rattle in the cabin, driver's side grab handle on door pops in and out of place), but I just wanted to know if anyone else is having problems with the automatic tranny on V6 models.
... This seems like nothing compared to some of the 6-spd manual tranny horror stories I've read on X-Runners.
The delay in the drive-by-wire to automatic transmission control is also a nuisance. You step on the pedal to get the gear you want, but the delay causes me to miss certain opportunities to pass in tight areas. I'll mash on the gas and it'll give me 4th gear (from 5th) after a 2 second delay, then it'll slam into 3rd gear after another 2 seconds and it causes some passenger discomfort (not that I mind much :lol: ). I think the programs in the ECU need work. For now, I just use the shifter to get whatever gear I need. It's much less frustrating.
Yes it's going to the dealer for this and many other things (rattle in the cabin, driver's side grab handle on door pops in and out of place), but I just wanted to know if anyone else is having problems with the automatic tranny on V6 models.
... This seems like nothing compared to some of the 6-spd manual tranny horror stories I've read on X-Runners.