I wouldnt think it was the rpm limiter mailny due to the fact that it has
done it between 3000 and 4000 rpms also.
-----Original Message-----
From: bgbeaird@neosoft.com <bgbeaird@neosoft.com>
To: Dakota List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 7:38 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Erratic Shifting
>You guys sure the computer just isn't hitting the rev limiter? That is a
>BIG problem with the Hypertechs on late model GMs with tall gearing.
>
>Gene Beaird
>98 Flame Red CC R/T
>
>>> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:49:19 -0500
>>> From: Mighty Quinn <quinn@ionet.net>
>>> Subject: DML:Erratic Shifting
>>>
>>> Ive had a slight problem (maybe 1 in 20 times) with my automatic trans.
>>> Every once in a while, usually when over 3000 rpms, i get erratic
shifting.
>>> Especially between 2nd and 3rd gears. It just seems to go from 2nd to
3rd
>>> back to 2nd then to 3rd again. This is all under steady acceleration
keepin
>>> my foot in one place (even floored.) Its on a 97 dak with the 318. I
took
>>> it into the dealer since its still under warranty and they said that
they
>>> couldnt find anything wrong with it i.e. no error codes, fluid levels
all
>>> fine, and they ran a test drive with it and couldnt duplicate it. (i
didnt
>>> argue being a customer rep myself) I just wondered if anyone else had
>>> experienced anything like this and any suggestions of what it might be.
>>
>>I've had the same experience, especially when the accelerator is
>>floored. The first time it happened I was accelerating onto the expy.
>>and it scared the hell out of me. It seems to me that the trans wants to
>>shift late--often just as the RPMs are at redline. I don't know if this
>>is a design problem or what, but I haven't had it looked at just because
>>the truck otherwise shifts normally. (It does keep me from flooring the
>>pedal though!) Anyone have any ideas??
>>
>>Thanks
>>Marc.
>
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