Transmission delay

[mgroeger]

I have a JL Sahara with 800 miles on it. Both my wife and I noticed a slight delay when putting it in drive or reverse. You put it in gear, press the gas and there is a slight pause before you move. Been doing it from day one. Anyone else seeing this?

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[COBill]

Just lift the leg depressing the clutch pedal faster.

 

[mgroeger]

It's an automatic.

 

[Toreador]

Most of my automatic vehicles do this. I always assumed it was a automatic transmission 'clutch / gear switch' delay.

 

[COBill]

It's an automatic.

It was a joke.

 

[1quick1]

Mine seems pretty quick but I always give it a half a second before going. I know a lot of people will put it in drive while still rolling back a bit. Yesterday I checked mine and it seemed the same as an other automatic I've driven in terms of speed going into gear.

 

[4WHLFUN]

I had an odd one off (so far) occurrence of a delay. Was in a parking lot, started the engine and put it in D and got no engagement. The engine would rev like it was in neutral. I tried moving to R and back to D, no change. I moved to P and back to D, no change initially. Finally while stepping slightly on the gas the Jeep lurched forward. (Glad I was covering the brake with left foot).

 

[mgroeger]

Wow! I haven't experienced anything like that.

 

[Sierra Nevada]

Sounds like a behavior of the stop start function ... when stopped at a stop sign, the engine turns off and waits for you to press on the accelerator ... once the accelerator petal is pressed, the engine kicks on and the vehicle moves.

 

[mgroeger]

Nope not that. I hate that and turn it off right away. Plus you need to be stopped longer than just switching gears to get that function to work. I wish there was a way to permanently disable it without having to buy and aftermarket plugin.

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