This wasn't a problem when I first got my car but it is now. When I am in SS it takes 2 to 3 times to shift into 3rd with the SS. There have been talks on here before about this. I wish it would not do that, it makes me not want to use it.

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Mustang Killa

 

i have trouble with that too... but i figured it was because i spilled soda on it a couple of times

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Acura 3.2CL Type-S w/ Navigation
Black/Ebony

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- Dual 12'' Alpine Type-S Subs
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Mine's always done it. If I try to back off the throttle suddenly and shift 2->3 at the same time, it stays in 2nd. Its a real pain when I want to WOT it to 50mph in 2nd gear and then stop accelerating and shift into 3rd. It usually leaves me screaming down the road at 5000+ rpm for a few very long seconds.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

Calvin,
That's the same exact problem I was having with mine before the transmision decided to 'give it up' and not shift anymore. My car is still at the dealership, and i'm having some negative feelings about service at Sterling McCall Acura after some of the stuff that was going on when I brought it in Friday.

Seems like the Service GM that was the best guy in the world to deal with is no longer there, I don't know much about the new GM but we will see how everything turns out.



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01'
Black/Ebony CLS

 

If I was busting out 2nd gear and then wanted to coast into a higher gear, I would toggle it forward like three times to get up to fourth or fifth since third wouldn't coast as much. Maybe try flicking it up a couple times.

-J

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2001 CL-S Aegean Blue/black interior spoiler, wheel locks, no-navi
Stock for now.

 

Mine prolly does it too... but I dont sportshift when going UP... mainly because its just a waste of time.

May as well just flick it back to D5 when upshiftin.

But... my CLS doesnt have the problems my TL had. My TL would get stuck in 2nd gear until I turned the car off!!! Sportshift/D5 nothing could get it outta 2nd gear till I stopped... and rebooted

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S
San Marino Red (Navigation)
PIAA 19173 Ion Yellow Fogs • Valentine 1 • Xephyr CAI

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." -Albert Einstein

 

Ya, I also have noticed there service go down in quality. Man I am worried now, I hope they treat you right. If not its going to be time to raise some hell.



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Mustang Killa

 

I run into this sort of thing all the time and it's the main reason why I don't use SS very often. There seems to be periods of time when the transmission is... like... "blacked-out" for lack of a better term. If you click the lever during that time, it will simply NOT respond until you click it again when it starts listening again. All in all, this transmission is VERY easy to confuse when in SS.

 

I work on PC's all day long and they're flakey, tempermental, little SOBs! Its mostly the software that causes the problems. I don't think I like the trend of cars becoming more and more computer controlled. Yet another reason for a stick. It'll never decide one day that it knows more about driving that you do.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

hey guys

tls do that too. the last few times i revved up, i let go of the gas just before hitting the red line, then upshifted and it wouldnt go. i hit the gas again expecting go take off but it just sits there screaming.

just keep your foot on the gas

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99 TL

 

I guess I feel better that I wasn't the only one experiencing this. I thought it was simply because I wasn't used to the SS yet. I have to try and shift it a couple times before it goes into 3rd.

But it also scares me that this was happening before the tranny went out. Makes me not want to use SS as much anymore..

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Be thankful that Microsoft doesn't build cars.



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01 CL-S NightHawk Black/Ebony Bowling Ball Interior
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gto2050 - The voice of absolutely no reason whatsoever!

 

My friend has a Prelude with the SS and has had it for about 3 years. He says he never has this problem. It has to be a mechanical problem. The software would not just stop working.


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Mustang Killa

 

Amen. Computers are NOT a godsend, they're an annoyance veiled with the temptation of easy-of-use, but they are just the opposite - they make life more frustrating.

-J

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2001 CL-S Aegean Blue/black interior spoiler, wheel locks, no-navi
Stock for now.

 

I hate to say it guys but this is one case where a domestic car maker got it right. My old car (98 Dodge Intrepid ES) had the auto-stick and it was worlds better than the SS in the Acura. Not only did it actually allow you to shift 1-2 and 2-1 but it also never hesitated or didn't shift. If you shifted it, it went to the next gear every time. I don't find myself using the SS all that much because it pretty much sucks compared to the autostick that I got used to with my old car.

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S - San Marino Red / Parchment - #26519
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