Tranny's got me worried

[csutke]

So on my way back to the rig about a week ago I started noticing that the tranny was acting weird. Maybe its just cause its a different engine, I used to drive an R50 with the VG and now drive an R50 with the VQ and it was the first time that I had spent some real time in my new ride. What would happen is going up even a slight hill, the tranny would have real hard up shifts to 4th, and if I left of the gas before it would shift the tranny would act like it was in N, meaning that as soon as I let off the gas the RPM's would take a huge dive from around 3k+ to around idle RPM's.

 

Oh BTW I have an 04 with 53k miles

Edited June 2, 2008 by csutke

[Pezzy]

I've noticed mine is lagtastic, especially on long gradual hills, or really steep hills. Do you turn the overdrive off at all doing hills?

[csutke]

Yes I normally try to remember to turn the OD off.

[Kittamaru]

I believe you can pre-select the gear setup... if you're at lower speeds on long hills, drop down a gear to keep the RPM's stable. *shrugs* If I'm going up a real steep hill, instead of just disabling OD, I'll kick down to 2nd - uses a bit more fuel, but it keeps my speed stable (or lets me accelerate if I feel naughty)... then again, some of the hills around here are almost 60 degree grade... meh.

[adamzan]

If youre worried just take it back to the dealer, warranty!