| twenck |
| When I slow down for a yeild or turn and go below 20mph, the transmission goes into 3rd gear. Then when speeding up 3rd gear is too high of a gear and it has to downshift into 2nd gear. This shift does not happen fast enough and I get lunged forward in my seat as no power is making it to the wheels until the shift happens. In the old days I would describe this effect as the feeling of a dead spot in the carb, but not the case here. Anyone with simular issues? |
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| Honda7 |
| I think that I have experienced what you described before in many different cars, but only once or twice in the Pilot. How do you know what gear the transmission is in? Sorry for my lack of knowledge in that department. |
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| SteveV |
| Yup, I've noticed this as well but hadn't correlated it to a shifting issue. But now that you mention it it seems like thats exactly what's happening. |
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| twenck |
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Originally posted by Honda7
I think that I have experienced what you described before in many different cars, but only once or twice in the Pilot. How do you know what gear the transmission is in? Sorry for my lack of knowledge in that department.
After trying to diagnos this myself as Honda was no help. It took months with friends riding along. |
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| Tim |
I may be wrong but, believe it has to do with the "throttle by wire" in that the engine won't accelerate until the tranny complete's the downshift and the tranny is a bit slow.
it's annoying, particularly changing lanes in traffic..........:8: |
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| prijo |
| They all have this, as far as I can tell. First thing i noticed, you get used to it after a while. The accord does the same thing. |
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| eric k |
My 2005 does it all the time going out of my neighborhood. Even when I drive it with the transmission in 3rd it doesn't make a difference. Two of my other auto Honda's (4 cylinders) did the same thing. I hate it more on the Pilot as it feels worse and after 16k miles I still can't get used to it. I mean with 255 or so horses why does it need to downshift on a flat road when I’m not given hardly any throttle at all. It isn't the throttle by wire as older Hondas shift the same way. All auto Hondas do this. Test drive a new Accord, as one other person mentioned they do it also. My parents had an Acura Vigor that was even worse than my Pilot.
I did go to the dealer and drove other new Pilots and they did the same thing. Doesn't help the shifting but at least I new mine wasn’t the only one shifting so bad. One thing that has helped is by giving it plenty of gas just as your exiting the turn, that way it doesn’t have a chance to lunge forward but puts you back in the seat. |
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