3.6R tranny question

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LLBEANSUBIE

Discussion Starter · Oct 20, 2012

I own a 2012 3.6R automatic with less than 5K on her. While the engine seems smooth enough, what I do NOT like is how the tranny downshifts.:28:
I find that in city traffic upon downshifting automatically, the tranny just seems to clunk a lot. Is this normal?

I would think that a Subaru costing upwards of 36K would shift smooth as butter. To me it's very annoying. I've owned seven subies over the years and by far this is the most I ever paid for a new car. I am just not sure it was worth it. Anyone else experience this?
Also, this car is terrible in cross winds on interstate. Pretty scary moving from one land to half way in the other one all on its own. My little Mini Cooper cuts the wind with no problem and actually is easier to drive and maintain your driving lane better than the subie. Hmmm....

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Scoobie13

· #34 · Dec 9, 2012

ckhbuy said:
"This is called "shift shock". There is a TSB and a software update to correct this problem. "

Mine has done this same lurch now for 1.5 years, would like to get rid of it. Can someone dig up and post the TSB or at least give us an identifier code or something? Having that in hand would help me convince the dealer to perform it, no doubt.

Christopher

Interesting...I too had "shift shock" or very hard downshifts from my Auto-3.6. However as my mileage has started to increase, it seems like all of sudden it has stopped. Also I still have very low mileage so figured it needs some time to break-in.

Currently the hard downshifts have disappeared. I also have tried to brake more gradually and that has helped.

MPG are not that that great...but I love the juice of the 3.6, lots of power.

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