Hello all..i've noticed recently that my UK auto gearbox keeps down shifting for no reason at all. It started off every now and then but I had a long 3hr drive last night up the M6 and if I hold the revs around 3k, every 15-20secs or so it would shift down not one, but two gears! Bloody annoying as at around 70/80 it just doesn't sound or feel healthy! If I hold the revs, it soon shifts back but again, after a while, bumps down a few gears! Especially annoying if its in cruise but I can control it slightly when foot on the pedal as lift off each time it starts but gets very tiring doing that 4times a mionute for 3hrs!!

 

So...what could it be? I'm not mechanically minded and know more about quantum physics than about Zed mechanics (probably!) so any advice would be most welcome! I'm hoping its just some sensor that needs a gentle tap??

I'm up at his tomorrow morning from about ten if you're free ;)

 

really? I feel cheated upon! :p

 

Fraid I'm back at work tomorrow but have next monday and tuesday off...?

Maybe we should organise a meet :D could chuck a few bits on a bbq on my drive... would be nice with the view of the park and all the fit birds who walk past all day especially on a saturday ;)

Maybe we should organise a meet :D could chuck a few bits on a bbq on my drive... would be nice with the view of the park and all the fit birds who walk past all day especially on a saturday ;)

 

haha...sounds like a good plan to me!! I should be recovering sat but for a bbq...im sure I could haul ass up to your place! lol...

well lets see if we get any interest :D

I don't think so as it seems to do it with o/d on or off.....

 

righto, just thought that mabe it is kicking in then off then on, resulting in forced down changes to 3rd in 4th and then when it reconnects jumping back up to 4th as you are just crusing.

 

just a thought. good luck with your investigations!

 

j

I might be up for perving lol

righto, just thought that mabe it is kicking in then off then on, resulting in forced down changes to 3rd in 4th and then when it reconnects jumping back up to 4th as you are just crusing.

 

just a thought. good luck with your investigations!

 

j

 

It's a good point though..hadn't really thought of it as happens around 3k revs and in both O/D and off....but if all else fails may be worth investigating!

 

Thanks