No, its not almost dead, but it is a tranny issue. I had the same problem and had a HUGE thread going on over on ClubGP about it (before I knew Trannyman). You can work it out with tuning but its ultimately a band-aid fix. It occurs around the speeds the TC would normally lock up and acts like its hunting for the lockup. Trannyman can probably shed more details on it. When I took my tranny apart I did not see any of the signs of valve body issues that Trannyman mentions (admittedly though, Im not trained in the way he is to spot that kind of stuff) so it led me to believe it could be truly TC lock up hunting or an issue with a valve body solenoid. Mine was taken care of with tuning so I can only imagine thats what it was rather than a part failure but again, Trannyman is going to be the more authoritive voice on that than I.
