When you drive your ludes, do you always use the sportshift, or do you drive it in regular D? I drive my car in ss mode all the time, and sometimes when i downshift from 3 to 2, it doesn't work,and i have to press it down a couple of times for it to downshift. Has anyone else had this problem? i have a 2000 lude with 26,000 miles. If anyone can help, i would highly appreciate it.
correct me if i am wrong but how fast are u going when trying to shift into second. not to sure but doesnt the auto trannys in preludes have some safty of something that if its not safe to downshift into a gear it wont let u. something like that i remember reading.
yeah how fast were you going... you can usually down shift if your rolling around 50-60.. i do have the same problem...of shifting.. its some **** about rev limiter or somthing cause its alredy bad for your tranny cause the ss lude is so whacked out. so to answer your question, you can down shift to 2 if your at the right mph... and i do have the same problem
If you read your Prelude SS manual you'll see shifting to a lower gear has speed limitations and they are stated in the manual....if you try to shift to a lower gear when you are at a higher speed the comp will keep it in memory and once u get below the speed it will automatically down shift.....so READ PPL READ....
Originally posted by sonnychiba When you drive your ludes, do you always use the sportshift, or do you drive it in regular D? I drive my car in ss mode all the time, and sometimes when i downshift from 3 to 2, it doesn't work,and i have to press it down a couple of times for it to downshift. Has anyone else had this problem? i have a 2000 lude with 26,000 miles. If anyone can help, i would highly appreciate it.
No thats normal , all Tiptronics do the same thing, even the Acura CL have the system... itsnot a problem... its normal... its just a safety precaution honda did, usally when im in 3d going at about 60 i can downshift into 2nd easily and even into first... but sometimes over 6 it just blinks.... dont worry about it.. its a SS ... pimps ride
I understand what you guys are saying about being able to downshift only at certain speeds, but what i am trying to say is that when i come up on a turn, i usually downshift from 3 to 2, and when i pull the lever to downshift, the number won't go down. I would have to do it 2 or 3 times in order for the gear to go down. When i go on turns i go about 5 to 10 mph. Now do you guys understand what im saying?? Is this a sign of my tranny failing? My warranty just expired, so that means ima have to spend my money to get it fixed/or built. Thanks for the replys and i hope that someone can help me out. thx
no your tranny isnt failing...not yet at least. no im jk. its normal for the ss not to downshift every time you try to. i dont know why. i have a brand new trans(::thanks honda: and the same thing happens to me. its only when im tryin to downshift though. dont worry about it man. lude on...
Yeah, from what you're saying it sounds like something may be wrong. I do the same thing and I can downshift into first gear on casual turns... so you might want to check to see if its a physical problem like maybe soda leaked into the shiftboot area and things just getting a little stickie... or maybe something down there just burned out and doesn't work too well.
Your problem doesn't seem like it happens too often and I believe it might be an electrical problem and not a tranny problem. So good luck, hope you find your answers.
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I would check to see if the solenoids under the shifter are all working...If the solenoids (electrical) are starting to go bad then you may have that problem... But I think if you're going around turns at 5-10mph, what da hell are you doing in 4th gear anyway? If you're always using the SS, you should be in 1st gear at that speed right??? I only use the SS when Im 'speeding' or need to get outa traffic quick... I figured why always use it, I shoulda gotten a 5spd if that was the case.... Check the solenoids for possible resistance.........Wish you luck!!!!
Originally posted by Neulude I would check to see if the solenoids under the shifter are all working...If the solenoids (electrical) are starting to go bad then you may have that problem... But I think if you're going around turns at 5-10mph, what da hell are you doing in 4th gear anyway? If you're always using the SS, you should be in 1st gear at that speed right??? I only use the SS when Im 'speeding' or need to get outa traffic quick... I figured why always use it, I shoulda gotten a 5spd if that was the case.... Check the solenoids for possible resistance.........Wish you luck!!!!
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And to the topic at hand... I don't know why your tranny won't downshift into third... but I know for a fact that if your in SS mode and in fourth, if you go below 30 mph an hour, then the transmission should automatically downshift into 3rd for you. Check your drivers manual, its in there for your own eyes.
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wel i dont have that problem, if u wanna downshift, it lets me, im goin like90 or 80mph and i can easly downshift to 3rd, dont know if that helps but im just saying, well if ur downshifting to go fast , dont know wat the problem is, but if u are trying to downshift slowing down, just let the car do it itself, i have heard it is betta that way
ok i'm no expert on cars, but i think i can drive my ss pretty damn well in my humble opinion. i must have tried nearly everything on that car so far....short of completely blowing the tranny (bangs on wood vigorously) from power sliding, hand brake turns, vtec all gears etc..and it's all technique. i always successfully go into every gear i want to. the thing is, if you try to downshift at too high of a mph, it will flash the gear # and won't let you because it'll bring you into redline for the lower gear. my technique for slowing down into a turn that i want to hit at 2 (in my opinion, the best gear to be in into a turn to have tons of acceleration out) don't let the gears automatically change for you. you're slowing down into a turn....once you hit about 30 mph, downshift to 3 while still braking, and right before you go into the turn, gas it about midway and downshift to 2 then let go. it'll let you go into 2 because it thinks you're gassing it to accelerate more, but in reality, you're really just slowing down and setting up to blast out of the turn. this has been discussed before a couple times but not too that much length on this board. it's sorta called "blipping" the throttle or something or other. also, from my experience, never downshift into first unless you're going under 10 mph. the car will jerk pretty violently. 2nd gear usually has enough torque to pull well. but yeah, my rule of thumb is when you downshift, always hit the accelerator a little or a lot depending on the speed and how fast you want to get out of the gear.
i also recently found out another pretty neat thing. go into a turn keeping it in first and being careful with your gas with a steady foot. then as you get out of the turn, floor it. instant vtec and it's just pretty crazy. but anyways, sorry about the long incoherent post...i didn't get much sleep . if you all have any questions, just reply or e-mail me. i've just had no problems with the lude so far......and i love the versatility of the SS option. my friends say that i drive it like a stick (and yes i do know how to drive stick)
oh yeah, and to add (told you my brain isn't functioning) a few comments...never downshift to let the car slow down. go easier on the tranny. i hear it's good for stick shift tranmissions, but our tranny isn't quite as strong . also to explain a little further about the technique in my last post, if the car auto downshifts for you into a gear, then downshifting again just won't work because the car will think you're trying to manually downshift when it has already done it for you. the lude's smarter than i thought heh. and yeah, as previously said, read the manual. it tells you how far each gear goes. i *think* my 1st takes me to around 40, 2nd to 92 or so, 3rd to 115 or so...4th to....138..then i got really scared.
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And to the topic at hand... I don't know why your tranny won't downshift into third... but I know for a fact that if your in SS mode and in fourth, if you go below 30 mph an hour, then the transmission should automatically downshift into 3rd for you. Check your drivers manual, its in there for your own eyes.
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yeah i did get a new tranny. i will still check out your sstrannycomplaints though. im just glad i didnt have to pay for anything
Originally posted by J_Gray1 but I know for a fact that if your in SS mode and in fourth, if you go below 30 mph an hour, then the transmission should automatically downshift into 3rd for you.
mine shifts to 3 around 20mph... is there something wrong with it?
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Originally posted by Kyn mine shifts to 3 around 20mph... is there something wrong with it?
No there is nothing wrong, that's normal. I've noticed that if I try to down shift when I'm slowing down for a turn, that sometimes it won't shift from 3 to 2. I just downshift from 4 to 3 at about 45 mph then 3 to 2 at about 35 - 30 mph and I have no problems. But if I forget to downshift at the 35 - 30 point then it will get stubborn and stay in 3rd. The point in which it does that is very small. I'd say in the 25 - 20 range. Make no mistake...the SS can be fast if you know how to use it!
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Is this a sign of my tranny failing? My warranty just expired, so that means ima have to spend my money to get it fixed/or built. Thanks for the replys and i hope that someone can help me out. thx
and the same thing happens to me. its only when im tryin to downshift though. dont worry about it man. lude on...
I only use the SS when Im 'speeding' or need to get outa traffic quick... I figured why always use it, I shoulda gotten a 5spd if that was the case.... Check the solenoids for possible resistance.........Wish you luck!!!!
. also to explain a little further about the technique in my last post, if the car auto downshifts for you into a gear, then downshifting again just won't work because the car will think you're trying to manually downshift when it has already done it for you. the lude's smarter than i thought heh. and yeah, as previously said, read the manual. it tells you how far each gear goes. i *think* my 1st takes me to around 40, 2nd to 92 or so, 3rd to 115 or so...4th to....138..then i got really scared.
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