Tip-tronic - 2010 Mazda 3 Sport GT

[pjmodi]

Question for those that use the tip tronic on the AT mazda 3's. When shifting from 3-4-5, do you find sometimes you have to wait a few seconds before the car allows you to shift to the next gear? I mean I know i'm well above the speed for the car to go into 4-5 because I see the specs in the manual and I can shift in at the same speed but just have to wait like a good few seconds before I can shift into those gears... is this a way of the ECU just telling me, I'm trying to shift to early or quickly or is there something wrong? i find sometimes I have to shift twice to actually get it into the next gear.

[TheMAN]

it's still a traditional automatic slushbox at heart, so you can't expect it to act instantaneously... try working it a little slower

[pjmodi]

it's still a traditional automatic slushbox at heart, so you can't expect it to act instantaneously... try working it a little slower

I'm trying too ... it really sucks because i used to drive manual. I only got this car so the wife could have something easier to drive. The lease for the manual was over and so I bought AT so that she could also drive the car around as she wanted to (sometimes i double think that was a good idea ... but ssshh... don't tell her he he). Anyways i guess I'm going to have to try at it a bit slower.

[steve2.5]

I also drive the mazda 3 gt 2010 and i love triptronic , when i shift in the gears its pretty good

[billd80]

Sounds like something wrong imoa. I find my clutching much tighter when it shifts in manual mode than the automatic shift which seems smooth and slower in comparison. Still a "manual-mode" tranny will never beat a manual 0-60. p.s. I got the atx for my wife too!

[alho]

Question for those that use the tip tronic on the AT mazda 3's. When shifting from 3-4-5, do you find sometimes you have to wait a few seconds before the car allows you to shift to the next gear? I mean I know i'm well above the speed for the car to go into 4-5 because I see the specs in the manual and I can shift in at the same speed but just have to wait like a good few seconds before I can shift into those gears... is this a way of the ECU just telling me, I'm trying to shift to early or quickly or is there something wrong? i find sometimes I have to shift twice to actually get it into the next gear.

I have the same problem too. When I push or pull the tiptronic stick, I seem to have to wait a bit for it to shift...

[Flunk]

I've noticed the same thing with the manual shift function on my automatic. It takes a certain amount of time to shift gears and if it's not finished shifting it doesn't go up unless I trigger it again.

I wasn't surprised because I'm fairly certain than the shifter operates in manual mode as a 3 mode digital switch (up, down, off). Triggering a shift just sends the signal to the computer and if it's not done a full shift cycle it will just ignore it, with no mechanical changes or memory. I'm not sure if I've explained this properly, I'm a computer programmer so I'm mostly out to lunch when it comes to explaining technical stuff to normal people.

[mEtH]

If you are trying to run redline with the car make sure to shift at about 6,000 RPM because it wont shift until 7 :)

[crono06]

I've never redlined my 3, but I don't think it can even hit 7k O_o

[Fuman]

if you are in 3rd, and quickly try to go to 4 then 5. It'll take a few seconds to get to five.
If you are talking about a delay in shifting, I only experience it from 1st to 2nd.

[rukus]

i have an 06 and it always shifts right awya. i never have a delay. i would assume that it is the ECU protecting itself.