Random transmission issue

carver2011 · 01-23-2013, 03:31 PM

Today I was going down the highway at about 60mph, when I came upon a car that was going probably 50mph, so I proceeded to give my car some gas and began to change lanes to pass when I noticed I was not moving any faster. Starting to worry I proceeded to move back behind the slower car and try after an oncoming car had passed. Trying again it did the same thing, the transmission did not downshift, no extra power came on, and the RPM stayed the same....it was like the car was stuck in 6th gear. This was very frightening to me since I have always enjoyed the quick downshifts our transmissions provide, but not this time. About a couple of miles later I tried it again and everything worked just fine.

Has anyone else had this issue?

TurboLed · 01-23-2013, 04:02 PM

That's weird... I would not have hesitated to go in shiftronic and downgrade to 5th gear however.

ialeem · 01-23-2013, 04:37 PM

Are there any good guides on using tiptronic?

someguy · 01-23-2013, 04:41 PM

Do you have access to a code scanner device. Transmission issuea dont always set off CEL

Elan1 · 01-23-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by carver2011

Today I was going down the highway at about 60mph, when I came upon a car that was going probably 50mph, so I proceeded to give my car some gas and began to change lanes to pass when I noticed I was not moving any faster. Starting to worry I proceeded to move back behind the slower car and try after an oncoming car had passed. Trying again it did the same thing, the transmission did not downshift, no extra power came on, and the RPM stayed the same....it was like the car was stuck in 6th gear. This was very frightening to me since I have always enjoyed the quick downshifts our transmissions provide, but not this time. About a couple of miles later I tried it again and everything worked just fine.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Mine has the same problem! Was your Eco button on at the time?

carver2011 · 01-23-2013, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Elan1

Mine has the same problem! Was your Eco button on at the time?

Nice to know Im not alone......no my eco mode has been off for months now. It scared the **** out of me, Im just glad I wasnt in a situation where I needed to accelerate quickly!

Elan1 · 01-23-2013, 05:12 PM

Mine happened only when the Eco button was on. I guess it could happen on On or Off....

**lovemysantafe** · 01-23-2013, 08:37 PM

You weren't in sport shift were you? That will not shift down unless you do it manually, even at full throttle.

carver2011 · 01-23-2013, 09:13 PM

Nop

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Originally Posted by lovemysantafe

You weren't in sport shift were you? That will not shift down unless you do it manually, even at full throttle.

Nope, it was in drive. I seldom ever use the manual mode as Ive been pleased with the responsiveness of the transmission. The best way to describe what happened is as soon as I stepped on the gas I felt a slight kick as if it wanted to downshift and then nothing.

**lovemysantafe** · 01-23-2013, 09:39 PM

Get a scanner and see if you have any pending codes for throttle position sensor or gear position sensor.

01-23-2013, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
carver2011 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas 2011 Elantra Limited, Desert Bronze Posts: 132	Random transmission issue Today I was going down the highway at about 60mph, when I came upon a car that was going probably 50mph, so I proceeded to give my car some gas and began to change lanes to pass when I noticed I was not moving any faster. Starting to worry I proceeded to move back behind the slower car and try after an oncoming car had passed. Trying again it did the same thing, the transmission did not downshift, no extra power came on, and the RPM stayed the same....it was like the car was stuck in 6th gear. This was very frightening to me since I have always enjoyed the quick downshifts our transmissions provide, but not this time. About a couple of miles later I tried it again and everything worked just fine. Has anyone else had this issue? __________________

01-23-2013, 08:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
lovemysantafe SENIOR MODERATOR Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon (USA) Drives: 2012 Elantra Limited Posts: 6,474	You weren't in sport shift were you? That will not shift down unless you do it manually, even at full throttle. __________________ - Andrew '12 Elantra Limited w/Tech - 'Emma' Titanium Gray / Gray Leather ---- KDM headlights w/NightBreaker high beam bulbs, 30% tint all around, front plate delete with BumperPlugs, 37W fog lamp bulbs, Honda Fit wipers KYB rear shocks, 5K white license plate and trunk LEDs, V3 Triton rear turn signal LEDs, custom leather steering wheel wrap w/contrasted stitching, KDM aluminum pedal set.

01-23-2013, 09:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
lovemysantafe SENIOR MODERATOR Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon (USA) Drives: 2012 Elantra Limited Posts: 6,474	Get a scanner and see if you have any pending codes for throttle position sensor or gear position sensor. __________________ - Andrew '12 Elantra Limited w/Tech - 'Emma' Titanium Gray / Gray Leather ---- KDM headlights w/NightBreaker high beam bulbs, 30% tint all around, front plate delete with BumperPlugs, 37W fog lamp bulbs, Honda Fit wipers KYB rear shocks, 5K white license plate and trunk LEDs, V3 Triton rear turn signal LEDs, custom leather steering wheel wrap w/contrasted stitching, KDM aluminum pedal set.

01-23-2013, 04:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
TurboLed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada Drives Elantra GT GL 2013 Posts: 932	That's weird... I would not have hesitated to go in shiftronic and downgrade to 5th gear however.

01-23-2013, 05:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Elan1 Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 43	Mine happened only when the Eco button was on. I guess it could happen on On or Off....

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