Delay in Shifting

It could be a sign of bad transmission solenoid. If so, your vehicle has trouble shifting into drive or reverse. Normally, when you start your car, you're able to shift into drive or reverse right away. With a bad transmission solenoid, the vehicle could have a delay of a few seconds, or even take several minutes to warm up and operate properly. During this delay, the vehicle will act similar to how it behaves in neutral. It won't stay in park, and when you press the gas pedal, the vehicle will make an engine revving noise but not move.

Check your ignition coils. One of mine was bad and when I replaced it, the shifting issue stopped.

Wrong section. This for PT Cruisers

sounds to me like shifting sensors are out of wack. unfortunate computer problems.double check fluid. can be a clutch assembly problem.make the service dept check this out. new car, right, shouldn't happen. don't take no for an answer. can lead to very expensive repairs.just because they don't want to do warrenty work dosent mean they dont have too. be persistant!

not nesacarily the d3 light do a trani service pan off and check for debri//constanly changing shift caracteristics usually mean trani degradation

Definitely something wrong within the transmission. Hondas have never been the smoothest shifting transmissions, especially with some miles on them. What you are experiencing is beyond that though. Get a second or third opinion from different dealers.

I would leave it at the dealer until it meets your satisfaction. Also,don't take delivery of it ,until you drive it with the tech that worked on it,so he understands the issues.

Hi,
The 1st>>2nd shift on the Subaru 4EAT automatic transmission can be more abrupt, but 3500 is too high.
Is there any delay when shifting from Park to Drive?
Does the Power light flash on startup? If it does, you can pull the codes by following these instructions.

This trans has 'bands' that can be adjusted. I'm not 100% sure they affect the 1st>2nd gear shift, but maybe they need adjusted.

Take a look @ ultimatesubaru.org/forum and http://bbs.legacycentral.org. 2 sites dedicated to Subarus.

Good luck,
Td

transmission fluid. you need some. ours did the same. fix it fast, before you damage the transmission.

a transmission flush is a good place to start