2014 Mazda 6 GT automatic...has anyone else noticed the VERY slow shifts from the automatic trans from 1-2 and 2-3 when the car is very cold, and not yet warmed up.
This is only noticable to me during the winter months, and when you are trying to accelerate with some vigor (such as merging onto a fast moving road, with shift rpms greater than 3-4k). The 1-2 and 2-3 shifts seem to be completed without any torque converter lockup, taking ~a full second to complete.
Once the blue cold light goes away, all is normal.
Those slow shifts seem detrimential to the transmission. Reminds me of an automatic transmission with dying clutch packs. I cannt understand why Mazda would engineer this character into their cars, other than trying to heatup the transmission, and transmission fluid quickly.
This is only noticable to me during the winter months, and when you are trying to accelerate with some vigor (such as merging onto a fast moving road, with shift rpms greater than 3-4k). The 1-2 and 2-3 shifts seem to be completed without any torque converter lockup, taking ~a full second to complete.
Once the blue cold light goes away, all is normal.
Those slow shifts seem detrimential to the transmission. Reminds me of an automatic transmission with dying clutch packs. I cannt understand why Mazda would engineer this character into their cars, other than trying to heatup the transmission, and transmission fluid quickly.