Could you all take a look at the video below and let me know if this qualifies as shift flare during the 1-2 shift? Overall it's smooth and there's no jerking when it goes into gear, but the vehicle hasn't always behaved this way. A little more background info is below:
We recently took a trip of roughly 380 miles one way for a total of roughly 760 miles round trip. Upon returning from the trip we noticed when driving that during one of the shifts the car feels like it dumps you forward a little bit. It reminded me of accelerating hard with a manual transmission and then depressing the clutch to shift gears where the car leans forward a bit as it loses momentum. This alerted me to begin paying attention to the shifts where I discovered this was happening during the 2-3 shift.
We’ve continued driving the vehicle and have been paying close attention to the shifts since then. The dumping feeling has mostly gone away on the 2-3 shift, but I did notice that it appears we’re getting shift flare on the 1-2 shift and sometimes the 2-3 shift. This doesn’t happen every time, but it does happen fairly often. It happens more often when the transmission is at it’s normal operating temperature of roughly 200 degrees. It also happens more often and is more noticeable the harder you accelerate. For example, a hard acceleration from a stop that brings you to 3,000 – 3,500 RPMs will cause a shift flare of 500 RPM or so. An acceleration to 2,500 RPMs or so will give you a shift flare of roughly 250 RPM to 500 RPM, which varies between events.
In addition to this and in case they are related, we’ve also noticed the following two issues as well:
1. A slight clunking with the 2-1 downshift. It’s nothing violent or terribly concerning, but with the other issue I thought I should mention it.
2. The car regularly takes what seems like a little too long to shift from reverse to drive. It’s not obnoxious, but it can sometimes take 1.5 to 2 seconds to shift and even once that action is complete there will occasionally be a hesitation when hitting the gas. After that initial engagement, the vehicle drives fine.
We recently took a trip of roughly 380 miles one way for a total of roughly 760 miles round trip. Upon returning from the trip we noticed when driving that during one of the shifts the car feels like it dumps you forward a little bit. It reminded me of accelerating hard with a manual transmission and then depressing the clutch to shift gears where the car leans forward a bit as it loses momentum. This alerted me to begin paying attention to the shifts where I discovered this was happening during the 2-3 shift.
We’ve continued driving the vehicle and have been paying close attention to the shifts since then. The dumping feeling has mostly gone away on the 2-3 shift, but I did notice that it appears we’re getting shift flare on the 1-2 shift and sometimes the 2-3 shift. This doesn’t happen every time, but it does happen fairly often. It happens more often when the transmission is at it’s normal operating temperature of roughly 200 degrees. It also happens more often and is more noticeable the harder you accelerate. For example, a hard acceleration from a stop that brings you to 3,000 – 3,500 RPMs will cause a shift flare of 500 RPM or so. An acceleration to 2,500 RPMs or so will give you a shift flare of roughly 250 RPM to 500 RPM, which varies between events.
In addition to this and in case they are related, we’ve also noticed the following two issues as well:
1. A slight clunking with the 2-1 downshift. It’s nothing violent or terribly concerning, but with the other issue I thought I should mention it.
2. The car regularly takes what seems like a little too long to shift from reverse to drive. It’s not obnoxious, but it can sometimes take 1.5 to 2 seconds to shift and even once that action is complete there will occasionally be a hesitation when hitting the gas. After that initial engagement, the vehicle drives fine.
