Transmission Issues

[ehaser1]

Mine does this as well. Horribly. It feels like the transfer case but I'm not 100% certain. I can actually hear it the worst going from reverse to drive but that is expected. The problem is that i can now hear it when the car starts to down shift as I approach a stop in auto mode. I'm going to take it to my dealer to have it diagnosed. It's under warranty so I'm not really concerned unless it starts missing gears altogether.

[digi]

Try disconnecting the transfer case motor and then attempt the shifts?


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[smbsocal]

I carefully listened to mine last night and couldn't hear any clunking. I tested in the garage so the noise would have been amplified. I have only had my SRT for a couple days but for me the only time I have heard a clunking noise was going from 1st to 2nd gear and this has only happened a couple of times.

[Kadonny]

Originally Posted by ehaser1

Mine does this as well. Horribly. It feels like the transfer case but I'm not 100% certain. I can actually hear it the worst going from reverse to drive but that is expected. The problem is that i can now hear it when the car starts to down shift as I approach a stop in auto mode. I'm going to take it to my dealer to have it diagnosed. It's under warranty so I'm not really concerned unless it starts missing gears altogether.

Bingo! Keep us posted if the dealer finds anything. You can hear it sometimes too when in Sport or Auto and you are manually shifting (downshifting) at stop signs/lights. It's normally 3rd to 2nd gear for me.

PS: My shift hesitation/miss seems to have disappeared for now even though the dealer said they did nothing. I do bet however that they disconnected the battery and perhaps this reset the transmission and put it back to learn mode. Who knows.

[Kadonny]

Ok, update on what I thought was the transmission. It's not the transmission, it's a throttle issue.

Had it happen 3 times recently and the past two were the worst. Doing about 45 mph on a country road, usually going uphill I give throttle to keep speed going up the hill. The problem is the engine does not recognize the throttle. The Jeep doesn't stall, it just doesn't take the increased throttle. Did it this morning, I slowly pushed the pedal down to accelerate with nothing happening. This lasted about 3 seconds when I finally almost got my foot to the floor the transmission does a real hard downshift and the throttle kicks in to jolt me back in my seat. From there it drives normally.

So, what the hell can this be? I'm taking it in again to fix the windshield, so for sure I'm going to be harping on this issue. Unacceptable.

[rivetpro]

I get a weird downshift when going from 2nd to first. Almost like its going from 2 to 1. Then back to 2 again. Is that common?

[thompstl1]

My 2012 clunks every time I shift into drive or reverse. Also does it most of the time when rolling braking to a stop and it downshifts from 3rd to 2nd. It's consistant and does it whether hot or cold....

[meeper]

i dunno why chrysler could think they would be able to use a transmission thats only rated for 428 ft lbs on a big heavy car with an engine making 470 ft lbs..... duRRRR

[Mongoose9400]

Originally Posted by meeper

i dunno why chrysler could think they would be able to use a transmission thats only rated for 428 ft lbs on a big heavy car with an engine making 470 ft lbs..... duRRRR

I'm sure they've done something to make it work. Also, it's warrantied for 100k miles. So they must feel confident about it. But, the SRT engineers have said its near it's maximum torque input.


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[BuilderBill]

Originally Posted by meeper

i dunno why chrysler could think they would be able to use a transmission thats only rated for 428 ft lbs on a big heavy car with an engine making 470 ft lbs..... duRRRR

All about torque management.
Bill