The tranny will shift more crisply, with less torque converter smoothing out
when it's in a sporty mode, but it's not rough by any measure (for a car of
it's price).... His tranny sounds like mine after I got the car (it had
15-20 different regular drivers as a company car... the tranny was confused
to say the least!).
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>> 2003 Jetta GLS with 2.0l automatic and 34k on it has two problems.
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>> When cold there is a slight delay going into gear (D or Reverse) from
>> park.
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> That's normal and your dealer should be able to show you the tech bulletin
> if you don't believe them. It has to do with the emission requirements to
> keep them low on a cold engine. Also you engine RPM maybe higher cold and
> shift later cold so the cat convertor warms up faster.
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> When semi cold or just warming up I sometimes get a rather abrupt
>> "slamming" into gear going from 2 to 3 or sometimes 3 to 4.
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> May or may not be normal, now I got you confused don't I? That
> transmission has what's called adaptive learning so it just may shift
> differently from time to time. It all depends on how a person drives the
> car. Give you car to a teenager for a day and when you get it back it will
> definitely shirt harsher. Let granny drive it and it will shift softer
> when you get back in the car. But what I would do... is have your dealer
> check the fluid level since it's still under warranty and would be FREE if
> some is needed.
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