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Old 06-12-2003, 10:31 PM
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Down shift at 70 MPH ??
Down shift at 70 MPH ??

Has any one, while travling at 70 mph or faster, in OD, had a auto tranny, for some unknown reason down shift into 3 ? ???
I expearenced this the other day, didn't know what was going on at first till I saw the light on, on the OD button.

So! does anyone know just what is going on when this happens?

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Old 06-13-2003, 01:57 AM
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Re:Down shift at 70 MPH ??
I've left mine in 3rd at 80 mph before for a couple of miles. Haven't seen any long term effects. Sat right at 3200 rpm.
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Old 06-13-2003, 09:12 AM
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Re:Down shift at 70 MPH ??
Blue: Did you purposely do that or did the tranny mysteriously down shift because of a malfunction ?<br><br>Oh Sick
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Re:Down shift at 70 MPH ??
Were you in cruise ?
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Re:Down shift at 70 MPH ??
YEA.................I think thats what OD is!

Sorry about that. NO I was not.
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Just got up........getting all mixed up here. ???
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Re:Down shift at 70 MPH ??
Hey not a problem, reason I asked is cause I was in cruise at 75 and not thinking hit the button to down shift, I thought I lost an engine. Noise was unreal. Tach went to 3300 but no problem. I guess we all do some dumb things sometimes.
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To bad about that SideKick. Mine did it by its self, I had nothing to do with it. Im still trying to find out what could make it do that.
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