i know we dont drive cadilacs but ever since i got my car (brand new) i could feel it shift from second to third n basically kidna give u jerk..

i mean i dont feel the jerk in civicks why in the max then?

also after i put on the apexi catback..no intake yet..i feel it even more ..but i think thas proolly bcause i lost power due to feedback in the 2-3range

 

Its probably how you are dring it.

 

if i drive at a speed like most ppl (like my parents do) from 1 to 2 mine kinda jerks, but when i am tryin to get out in front of some1 and have to get on the gas, it doesnt do it. any1 else have that happen?

 

my auto shifts hard from 1 to 2 when the engine is cold, but when it is warm its fine and i have 170k on mine

 

yea mine does the same..driving like a grandpa i feel it shift..wen i jus floor it, its smooTh

i only have 30k miles n it has been doin this shE#%$t since i bought the car brand new..nevaa had a chance to go bak to the dealer

 

i can also feel it.. but not a big jerk....

 

My sister has a Max with 100k and it shifts smoothly, where as my 96 Max with 144k shifts hard from 1-2nd gear until it is warmed up. Even when the trans is warm, it sometimes shifts harshly. What is wrong with these transmissions? I hear even the 5th gens do the same. My parent's 97 Intrepid transmission makes mine feel like crap. When I bought the car used and test drove it, it was smooth. The jerky shifts occurred 6 months afterwards.

 

hard shift on cold condt = bad tranny fluid, bad VB(maybe clutch solenoid)