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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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I have a 1999 trans am with an A4 transmission and 3.23 gears. Driving in "D" my car shifts fine but when I try to use 1,2,3 my car will shift from 1st to 2nd but not 2nd to 3rd. I have to skip 3rd and go to drive. Is something wrong? I want to know if I'll have to make any repairs. Thanks for any help.* I know you don't shift automatics manually, something I noticed when I first bought the car*
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Old Sep 9, 2007 | 08:37 PM
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Are you saying it hits the rev limiter when you manually make the shift from 2-3
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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from 2nd to 3rd it doesn't shift at all. the rpm's just keep rising until i put it in drive, then it shifts.
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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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my car had a similar problem but it shifted after a second of hitting rev limiter when i shifted myself at the track. don't know what caused it though...
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Ok it may be a tuning issue and you rev limter may be to close to the shift point. The shift from 2-3 takes slightly longer to happen in the 3 position than it does in the od position due to the overun clutch coming on with the 3-4 clutch in the 3 position. Theres a very slight loss of apply volume because of this which increases the time for the shift to occur
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