I just had a new trannie put in at 55K miles on my 03 TL-P due to the fact that it was hesitating when downshifting (when I am slowing down). After the replacement, this issue is still there, is this normal?

do you guys have the same issue on yours? should I just ignore it?

Have you gone thru 1000 miles of break in time?
Drop by the dealer and ask for the head tech to take a quick ride with you

what do you mean hesitation on downshifts while slowing down? Can you give a better description of what your talking about.

Side note, ANY time you dont think something is right, you should take it to the dealer to have looked at

well, let's say I am going 30 mph and I see a red light, i apply the brakes, the car starts to slow down, but it hesitates on the down shifts. Like you basically feel the car down shifting, it's jerky. Yes I have gone through the 1K break in, i took it really easy and drove nicely. i have about 3K miles on the trannie and about 10 months left on the warranty, I'll take it in again, but is this normal? my last trannie was like this too, I am thinking maybe it's not a trannie but fuel pump or the computer that tells it when to shift down?

you shouldnt feel the downshifts. if you think its not right or bothering you bring it back

Out of curiosity, are you manually downshifting? or just braking? If you are manually shifting, you will most likely feel it. Just a thought.

no I am not manually downshifting, I almost never use the autostick feature, i just hold the brakes. now my brakes do shake a bit, but that would have nothing to do with the downshifts right?

No, the shaking brakes most likely mean your have warped rotors, but that shouldn't affect down-shifting.

brake shake can be caliper-rotors-master cyl or other probs.
Brake shake should be looked at by skilled owner or private repair shop

Transmission downshift issues are trans related and need the dealers attention
It should shift like butttttah up and down by itself

I also feel the jerky downshift when going down the hill. On flat surface or uphill, I would say I dont feel that much. Only on downhill
Also when parked downhill, it puts into reverse relatively hard. I wonder there is a problem.
It once occurred to me that it didn't shift into higher gear and instead engine revved when I was accelerating, I put immediately into Sportshift mode and I discovered it was in 3rd and I manually shifted into 4th and shift out of Sportshift and continued normally. Did anyone experience something like it?

read the symptoms and normal operations of the trans on the trans failure thread or on the acura ownerlink- you registered there right? by vin #
https://www.ahm-ownerlink.com/login.asp?brand=acura

when going down a hill and applying brakes your car will downshift sooner to help you slow down. This feature is called grade logic.
When parked on a hill, the entire weight of your car is on the transmission and through to the motor mounts, so when you shift out of park you hear the big clank. I would recommend using your parking brake on a hill before you put your tranny into park.

hey mod, what is the werd sign that you place??? I aint get it.

wow good advices, thanks dude.

werd means he is in agreement with the last person, and you should follow the advice being given~

read this tread....same situation

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171437

Yes I am registered there. Well i noticed something which i hadn't posted yet, I don't get weird shifting only when braking, but let's say I am going 35 MPh and i speed up to 55 MPH and then take my foot off the gas to just let the car "cruise", when it down shifts or ?upshifts? it hesitates a bit, w/o any brakes. Is that normal for you guys too? If i am going 10 mph and I apply a bit of gas and then let my foot off the gas, the car seems to get confused on the shifting, like it gets jerky a bit and doesn't know what to do ...

mine can't be motor mounts because I don't feel much of the upshifting and my car only has 58K miles, 03