How hard can you downshift the auto tranny?
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How hard can you downshift the auto tranny?
I was wondering how hard you can down shift the auto.... Im assuming there is some limited to keep you from downshifting from 5th to 1st going 90 mph.... What is the cutoff? Is it safe to do hard downshifts (for example I downshift from 5th to 3rd sometimes when im doin around 65mph and the car just takes off) or will it hurt the AT too much?
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Originally Posted by clindst
I was wondering how hard you can down shift the auto.... Im assuming there is some limited to keep you from downshifting from 5th to 1st going 90 mph.... What is the cutoff? Is it safe to do hard downshifts (for example I downshift from 5th to 3rd sometimes when im doin around 65mph and the car just takes off) or will it hurt the AT too much?
The TCM won't let you downshift further than you should. The maximum downshift points are programmed in.
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Originally Posted by DHCrocks
on the down shifts, try and blipping the gas this helps it to drop into a lower gear. sometimes it won't downshift on the first try, but if you give it a little gas that seems to make it downshift sooner.
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