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Old 10-01-2014, 06:57 PM   #32806
abaucom21
 
Drives: 2011 2LT White, 1966 TBird conv.
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Ottawa Ontario
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Help please with transmission issues: see post http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...77#post7984777

8 AM appointment at dealership, doubt transmission special guy will be there at 8, but bringing a book with me and will plant my ass at the dealership until we do a test drive together.

Just can not get my head around why my 16 year old Buick Riviera transmission, with 68,000 miles, shifts so smooth even under high speed acceleration shift changes smooth as silk and not noticeable (and the Riviera is factory supercharged so it accelerates very fast). Whereas, my 2011 Camaro, with about 6,500 miles, auto transmission seems to hesitate/struggle, or as dealership previously documented a 'Flare' between lower gear shifts (revs jump between gear shift changes in lower 3 gears). Issue only in lower gears, upper gears shift smooth as silk and not noticeable. If you click onto the link above you will see GM replaced the TCM (transmission control) when the auto only had a few thousand miles. Computer testing indicated no issue, but test drive with transmission guy did indicate a gear shift issue. So now back to the same issue which I would like to get resolved before my drive train warranty expires.

Comments, suggestions, experiences from other V6, A6 drivers would be appreciated. Just can not think that GM could give me so many smooth shifting auto transmissions in the past (been driving since the late 1960s), yet my 2011 Camaro hesitates (flares) between only 1st and 3rd gears.

Signed frustrated.
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