Hey guys,
2005, 4/auto, GT Sport.
Sliding the shifter across to manual mode became second nature very soon after I bought the car. Last week I noticed that when I try to down shift it doesn't take the lower gears.
Now hang on.. I'm not a complete maniac. I'm not pulling 145km/h and trying to catch 3rd gear... that would be insane... I'd never try that... .
This is normal city driving slowing down from 70km/h. Most times when I push the stick forward to gear down nothing happens (it's intermittent). Is anyone else having or have had this problem?
I brought it in to Mazda and they did a "hard reset of the system" but as I drove out of the parking lot I discovered that it didn't do the trick.
Any thoughts here?
I've read a couple forums about jerky transmission...etc and a few people here suggested re-flashing the ecu. Think that would do it?
Thanks for reading.