Thread: 2000 GT shifting really hard

Originally Posted by JGT010

It could be their fault, hard to say for sure and it might be hard for you to prove. In other words could you show that your car shifted in a text book fashion prior to them changing the fluid. Its true that low fluid level can be detrimental to any transmission. It depends on how long you drove it without realizing the fluid was low if would have caused your problem assuming your car shifted great before. Now about the hard shifting. I've had a similar problem in my 07 GT, It seems that my car shifts rather hard from first to second when I am making a turn. I slow down to make the turn and as I accellerate out of the turn it seems to shift rather thats the only time I notice it. Accellerating from a straight stop from a light or stop sign it shifts normally. There is pressure control Solenoid in these cars and they can be troublesome causing crappy shifting in the lower gears, also the factory shift points are soft to start with and long in duration which I don't like. You might want to ask around but you might want to have a new pressure solenoid installed and maybe a shift kit as well. Oh, long drives in hot ambient temperatures can sometimes affect shift quality. Don't let anyone talk you into a rebuild just yet though. Hope this helps.

Well, I don't really know how to prove that the car shifted fine before, all I have is that I went back to the shop the same day because it was shifting really hard in all gears b/c it was low on fluid. They apologized and filled it.. and I went back a week or so later with the same problem after i took a long trip on a hot day. This doesn't happen very often, only when its really warm out and I've been driving for a long time and the engine temp is up high. It just seems to slam into gear; but if i shut the car off for 30 sec or so then restart it; the car is fine.. shift smooth as the day it was new. idk why. The solenoid does make sense, and i'm leaning toward that. I'm just pissed if it happened because of the botched up fluid change job by the shop. I don't know how i could prove it though. And Hell no, i most certainly don't need a rebuild. The trans itself is perfectly fine otherwise and shifts really well. I'd have a law suit with that shop before I had to do a rebuild