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8 speed automatic, 3rd gear is "off"

Malpaso

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2025 6 cylinder automatic. 9000 miles. This is hard to describe but much of the time (not all), when it shifts up into 3rd, there's a surge/hitch/hesitation. It's been there from early on, but I just narrowed it down to 3rd by activating the gear monitor setting on the dash. Coincidentally, when I test drove the 6 and the 4, I noticed it in all the gears in the 4, which is why I went with the 6. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if this is a transmission thing, a torque converter thing, or nothing at all. There is no noise when it happens, it just feels different than all the other gears. I'm waiting for my second free oil/tire dealer maintenance to tell them, (because they're going to say they can't find anything). Wanted to know if this is common/uncommon among the group.
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