I'm going to revive this ANCIENT thread because this is getting to be an issue that I notice more and more in my car. I really don't think this is a normal thing.
I've complained about this before on the boards and nobody else understood what I was getting at or could replicate it. My 2-3 shift if I'm driving slow isn't just slow, it clunks. Sometimes it's strong, sometimes it's not. Once in a while it's harsh enough to get a good noise from the dash, like you've nailed a pothole.
The harshness of the shift isn't worse when it's cold outside or the ATX isn't fully warmed up, it just makes it more difficult to cause, but either way I can almost always cause the issue. Now lately I've noticed it shifts harshly in manual mode as well, and I've also noticed that a 4-3 downshift in manual mode will sometimes cause it to slam into third very hard, particularly if I'm not on the throttle.
Any thoughts?? I think I'm going to bring this in to a dealer and get someone to ride with me so I can show them what it's doing. If they can't or won't do anything I'm going to try another place, it just can't be right.
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