Hyundai: 2004 Sonata Shiftronic - logic bug?

dear AAH-

I found an odd behavior on our 04 Sonata V6. Here's the scenario-

Drive with cruise on and set in D (drive)

Select Shiftronic mode (move lever right)

Downshift (in my case I was going up hill, and went from 4 to 3)

While still in the lower gear, move lever back to D (drive) (I'd
crested the hill, and didn't need a low gear anymore).

<<>>

Now you'd expect the tranny to know that the load is reduced and pick
the optimal gear like normal (it was flat, I was doing about 60mph),
so it should go back to 4th. It didn't. It stayed in 3rd, even tho
I was in Drive. I had to go back to Shiftronic, up to 4, then back
over.

Anyone duplicate this? Is there a logic upgrade for the tranny that
might influence this behaviour? Should I contact Hyundai USA?

Thanks everyone!

--AceyMan

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The AceyMan
Douglasville GA | USA
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I have two 4cyl. 2004 Sonatas and as near as I can tell, when you move
the shift lever from Shiftronic to Drive, the transmission assumes the
gear it would have been in had you never selected Shiftronic.

Of course, this does not mean it will shift at all at the moment you
move the lever from Shiftronic to Drive. It just means it will be in
the same gear it would have been had you never selected Shiftronic.
This may or may not involve a shift at the moment you move the lever
from Shiftronic to Drive.

Haynaguy



On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:16:10 -0700, "B Crawford" <com>
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