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Sorry to post in an old thread, but today i noticed that i was getting some bad slip from the trans. One time i was going up a hill and using the paddles and there was just no power for some reason. I downshifted all the way to 2 and was close to full throttle and i barely made it up the hill. After i stopped the car it acted fine for awhile. On my way home, a deer ran across the road, and i slammed on the brakes and when i pushed the accelerator down nothing happened for a good 2-3 seconds. I let off and went back on it again and it was all fine. Any suggestions on what to do.
Sounds just like my issue. I'm not sure it's the actual trans slipping, or if it's the computer and throttle. Does the engine race when you push on the acclerator? Mine does not.
As of this date, I still have not found a solution. Mine only happens occasionally but I still want it fixed. I had a pedal relearn and that seemed to fix it for a few months, but now the problem is back.
My suggestion? See if your dealer will put a recording device on the Jeep and see if you can "capture" a recording of the computer when it happens.
Keep us posted, I'll do the same if I find anything.
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Sounds just like my issue. I'm not sure it's the actual trans slipping, or if it's the computer and throttle. Does the engine race when you push on the acclerator? Mine does not.
As of this date, I still have not found a solution. Mine only happens occasionally but I still want it fixed. I had a pedal relearn and that seemed to fix it for a few months, but now the problem is back.
My suggestion? See if your dealer will put a recording device on the Jeep and see if you can "capture" a recording of the computer when it happens.
Keep us posted, I'll do the same if I find anything.
I'm going away next week and I'm leaving the jeep with the dealer for the week for them to sort it out. Hopefully they can find something. But knowing them I will get the "could not replicate the problem" answer.
I'm going away next week and I'm leaving the jeep with the dealer for the week for them to sort it out. Hopefully they can find something. But knowing them I will get the "could not replicate the problem" answer.
Do either one of you guys have the trinity? I have been logging different things and depending on how sensitive I have the throttle booster I get the same result, in the log you can see the throttle position and pedal position change even when my foot is to the floor. I have it set at 5% now and all is good. No issues, not able to move the pedal and not accelerate, no movement of the sensors while at WOT. I had issues in the logs even on the stock tune just fyi
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Last edited by A.V.GCSRT8; 12-31-2012 at 11:07 AM.
Do either one of you guys have the trinity? I have been logging different things and depending on how sensitive I have the throttle booster I get the same result, in the log you can see the throttle position and pedal position change even when my foot is to the floor. I have it set at 5% now and all is good. No issues, not able to move the pedal and not accelerate, no movement of the sensors while at WOT. I had issues in the logs even on the stock tune just fyi
I had a similiar trans shifting/slipping issue with my wife's SRT8 GC. Our local dealer called worked with the SRT8 engineers and they changed out the valve body about 30 days ago. So far, so good. Hope you get your issues resolved.
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Interesting... My SRT8 makes clunking noises (in the rear) when I go over bumps. Since I've had it (3 1/2 months) the dealer has had to replace the sway bars, cv axel (leaking), clips that hold the bumper & quarter panel siding on, paint job (yes there was a paint flaw in my brand new SRT8) and now it's clunking - a lot. I drove another SRT8 on the lot because someone from Chrysler said it was normal and this SRT8 was as 'quite as a church mouse.' Pretty disappointing for a $64K car. Looking for a better resolution then that's normal.
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Do either one of you guys have the trinity? I have been logging different things and depending on how sensitive I have the throttle booster I get the same result, in the log you can see the throttle position and pedal position change even when my foot is to the floor. I have it set at 5% now and all is good. No issues, not able to move the pedal and not accelerate, no movement of the sensors while at WOT. I had issues in the logs even on the stock tune just fyi
Nope, no Trinity. Stock tune here.
I always wondered if the problem could be tuned out. Interesting. My Jeep has been having this problem more and more lately.
Do either one of you guys have the trinity? I have been logging different things and depending on how sensitive I have the throttle booster I get the same result, in the log you can see the throttle position and pedal position change even when my foot is to the floor. I have it set at 5% now and all is good. No issues, not able to move the pedal and not accelerate, no movement of the sensors while at WOT. I had issues in the logs even on the stock tune just fyi
Just remembered this post haha. Gave it a try and now everything is perfect. I originally had it set to 15% and that's when the issues started to come up. Now I put it back to stock throttle setting and all is well. Thanks.
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