Cold Weather Tranny Question

[FishHunter]

This is the first time it has gotten cold since I became an owner. On the road first thing this am, the rpm's did not drop as normal at 55mph. After a few miles and it warmed up, it shifted as per normal.

 

Is this normal for the 2003 Pathfinder?

[thorpe991]

mine does the same thing and i haven't found anything wrong with mine and all my fluids are full so i think it might be something with how Nissan has them set up

 

mines a 97 so it will probably be different

[Karmann]

Sounds pretty average on my 02. Are your shifts between 1st and 2nd somewhat harsh too? Because that's well documented, but completely normal.

[Kyle94]

I get harsh 1-2, 3 is like whut? And 4th is pretty normal. When cold. Lol.

[Towncivilian]

The torque converter does not lock until fluid is at operating temperature. This is normal.

[bushnut]

mine does it too. so I just let it Idle in D or R for a minute or two. then I drive away, this seems to warm up the tranny a little.

[devonianwalk]

I let mine warm up a bit as well. Shoot, even my manual gearbox in my Miata doesn't like to shift cold.

[FishHunter]

thanks for the heads up guys. learning to love this machine

[River044road]

All normal, just part of warm up.