Hey guys,
2010 Koup 5spd A/T here. Only 5600 KM on the vehicle. Bought new.
The past little while I've noticed my car has been having much more difficulty shifting gears, especially from 1st to 2nd, but also still noticeable going from 2nd to 3rd.
When I first got my car, it would shift smoothly at around 2500rpm, or 3000 if I was pushing it pretty hard.
The past few months it sounds like it wants to shift at around 3000 all the time, but then it won't shift, causing my RPM to sometimes jump upwards of 3500 - 4000. During this period of "high rpm", the car feels like it has a loss of power, and then it will finally shift to 2nd and the rpm will drop back to normal again, until the shift to 3rd gear, which isn't as bad, but still has the same symptoms. From what I've read, this doesn't sound like the "thump" problem that I've read quite a bit about on these forums, it's not very jarring or scary when it happens, I can just tell the engine is struggling to shift, and then it does, as opposed to the loud "thump" that has been described on the boards.
I can "circumvent" this usually by driving in sport mode, and manually shifting a little bit earlier, and it seems to be fairly smooth then.
I've taken it to the dealer when I first noticed it, and the guy took it out and claimed it was "normal" and that there was nothing wrong. I KNOW how the car was driving when I first got it though, and it was not like this. Since then it's gotten a bit worse, and I'm not sure what route to take.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
I've taken it for an oil change recently (at the dealership). I also thought it might just be the cold weather, but it's warmed up here lately and it's still doing it.
I also tried resetting the ECU for the hell of it, by disconnecting the battery and pumping the brakes, but that didn't seem to help either.
Any help would be appreciated
2010 Koup 5spd A/T here. Only 5600 KM on the vehicle. Bought new.
The past little while I've noticed my car has been having much more difficulty shifting gears, especially from 1st to 2nd, but also still noticeable going from 2nd to 3rd.
When I first got my car, it would shift smoothly at around 2500rpm, or 3000 if I was pushing it pretty hard.
The past few months it sounds like it wants to shift at around 3000 all the time, but then it won't shift, causing my RPM to sometimes jump upwards of 3500 - 4000. During this period of "high rpm", the car feels like it has a loss of power, and then it will finally shift to 2nd and the rpm will drop back to normal again, until the shift to 3rd gear, which isn't as bad, but still has the same symptoms. From what I've read, this doesn't sound like the "thump" problem that I've read quite a bit about on these forums, it's not very jarring or scary when it happens, I can just tell the engine is struggling to shift, and then it does, as opposed to the loud "thump" that has been described on the boards.
I can "circumvent" this usually by driving in sport mode, and manually shifting a little bit earlier, and it seems to be fairly smooth then.
I've taken it to the dealer when I first noticed it, and the guy took it out and claimed it was "normal" and that there was nothing wrong. I KNOW how the car was driving when I first got it though, and it was not like this. Since then it's gotten a bit worse, and I'm not sure what route to take.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
I've taken it for an oil change recently (at the dealership). I also thought it might just be the cold weather, but it's warmed up here lately and it's still doing it.
I also tried resetting the ECU for the hell of it, by disconnecting the battery and pumping the brakes, but that didn't seem to help either.
Any help would be appreciated
