I thought I remembered reading somewhere on this forum that if you wanted to get the electronic control system on the auto gearbox reset, it had to be done by a dealer.

I asked my local dealer about this one, as my '02 5-speeder was getting a little cranky on some of the changes. He said that it can be done by the owner, using the following procedure:

Find an long empty stretch of road.

Accelerate from rest to 60kph, ensuring that it moves into top gear (i.e. by lifting off, if it hasn't already changed up).

Brake to full stop.

Repeat twice (i.e. 3 times in all)

I tried it and it worked.


The service guy at the dealer said that it's quite common for these gearboxes to get themselves out of whack due to the "learning" nature of the 'box.

Nice to see a dealer that will give you some free advice...

Don't you need to reset the TCU first by disconnecting the battery?

:confused: I was testing out the brakes on my car a while back, and did a similar thing, and did feel the gearbox was different afterwards, so there may be truth to this...

Don't you need to reset the TCU first by disconnecting the battery?

yes
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26310&d=1163723497

What you've been told alone is far from the proper way to setup the transmission. What Magtone has posted a link to is exactly what you should be doing. The idea of 0-60km/h as he's said (formally to shift from 1st to 3rd gear) is to prevent flaring into 2nd and 3rd. You need to follow the rest of the procedure to properly setup your transmission.

Also don't forget just because you've followed those steps the transmission is good to go however you like to drive, you still need to take it gentle for a bit, otherwise you'll undo all your hard work setting it up! :P

No offence guys but it worked...

There may be a more thorough way to do the job, but the service manager said this is how they do it and I can't argue after seeing the results; nice and smooth in all changes now, feels like a different car.

I think what Lugo is trying to say is, there are proper ways of setting up transmissions, and giving advice on not how to do it properly isn't as welcome as advice on how to do it properly, results driven or otherwise. As you can see, the dealer manager you spoke to gave you the cut down version of the proper way. But if your'e happy great

Man, this is hard work.

I take your point, but I was just trying to share my experience as I thought it might be helpful to others. Let's face it, you can't actually do any harm by following the process, even if it's not a textbook procedure.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not upset by anyone's comments, but it doesn't seem to have been worth the effort so I doubt I'll bother in the future.

:P
I think what Lugo is trying to say is, there are proper ways of setting up transmissions, and giving advice on not how to do it properly isn't as welcome as advice on how to do it properly, results driven or otherwise. As you can see, the dealer manager you spoke to gave you the cut down version of the proper way. But if your'e happy great

Dealers call that a dealer's secret :P

No offence guys but it worked...

There may be a more thorough way to do the job, but the service manager said this is how they do it and I can't argue after seeing the results; nice and smooth in all changes now, feels like a different car.

+1 it really works, 2-3 shifts in particular.

I wasn't trying to argue with you or tell you you were wrong, if its worked that's great, saves you a fair bit of effort, I was only stating the proper mitsu text book way to do it. Truth is being a learning transmission its always going to adapt to the way you drive, its just harder to undo when you teach it from the start as that sets the standard profile for the transmission, or so I've been told anyway.

Based on the above, the only difference I can see between the two is if you thrashed yours for a bit, and I thrashed mine for the same time, your shifting would be all upset, while mine should still be fine when we both settle back down. I've tried it both ways in the past and those are my results anywho! :P

How are you supposed to know what temperature your ATF is?

When the car's at operating temperature, it's safe to assume the trans is too (assuming you just didn't bring the car up to temp by idling it in your driveway)

does this work with a TR?

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I have been having transmission issues of harsh changes between 2-3 gears for the past couple of days. The link in this thread was spot on!!!! Followed it to the letter and fixed the issue!! The car feels so much smoother in the gear changes and feels more responsive.

Cheers

Did you fix the problem using sondars's way? or did you follow magtones?

Did you fix the problem using sondars's way? or did you follow magtones?

I followed the link in Magtones post. Dead simple!!!