Its been two weeks, and Im still in love with the car. However, I spend most of my time in traffic to and from work. Recently, I began watching the Tach and noticed that it bounces between 500 - 1000 rpm when Im in traffic. The moves well enough that the car gets into 3d gear and then back down to first. Should I be concerned that there is something wrong with the transmission? Or is it just because of the traffic patterns?

Please advise.

Thanks

 

wow... I definately never had that happen on my car. You may want to have that looked at. Does it happen when you're in SS also?

 

I get that flutter too from time to time, but all I need to do is wait until the engine fully warms up and you'll notice that the needle will finally rest at 750 on idle. Now as for the trany going from 3rd to 1st, that statement confuses me, because you wouldnt even be able to confirm this unless you were originally in SS mode. If that is indeed the case, then that behavior is perfectly normal (at least for me anyways...all 12,500 miles of them). I found that automatic downshifting in SS mode for some reason skips 2nd gear all together.

 

I've got similar symptoms when in manual mode. If I nudge it into 5th manually, the tranny seems to lock into OD and then kick back out, w/o the gear indicator changing, usually around the 35-40 mph range. Briefly, the tach drops to just over 1,000 and then back up to about 1,500. I usually force it to 5th in slow and steady traffic. Never had any probs when shifting manually with a heavy foot.

 

My heart flutters in traffic just by looking at my car. Does that count?

 

Is it because of the AC cutting in and out in "Auto" climate control mode ?

 

Thank you all for your comments -- I think between the A/C, traffic driving, and the 5th gear the car was fluttering -- or more accurately, bogging down. I have found that driving in D-4 in traffic/city conditions has solved the problem. D-5 is meant for highway driving.

 

Thank you all for your comments -- I think between the A/C, traffic driving, and the 5th gear the car was fluttering -- or more accurately, bogging down. I have found that driving in D-4 in traffic/city conditions has solved the problem. D-5 is meant for highway driving.