ACK! transmission stuck?!?

[jungleboogie]

after an hour lunch, i pull out of the driveway to make a right turn. i look left to see that there are cars coming but instead of waiting i chose to take the right and beat the oncoming traffic. funny thing is, the car picks up and i'm at around 5K and i ease my foot off the gas but the rpm remains at 5K for at least about 5 seconds or so before dropping...

what gives with the lag and has anyone else experienced something similar?

[spike228]

Its called, the drive by wire system. Love it or hate it, you have it and you'll have to deal with it.

[spike228]

Its called, the drive by wire throttle system. Love it or hate it, you have it and you'll have to deal with it.

[C4L3]

Could also be a result of your emissions system. When taken up to higher RPMs and then let off, the computer will often hold the RPM's high for a few seconds to ensure a cleaner burn and better exhaust emissions numbers. this occurs on most cars these days.

[shift_mikey]

This has happened to me twice. I'm not sure what the cause is. I am not able to repeat it on command. When it occured, i switched to manual mode and back to automatic but it still stayed at 5K.... After a few seconds, it dropped back to normal. It did it twice in the first 2000 miles i put on the car. I'm up to 4500 and it hasn't done it since around 2k miles.

[Hussain]

this happens to me when i take my CVT coupe to redline with traction control off. it only happens to me with traction control off (happened to me again today actually). i think it's pretty cool if your on a track or something and the RPMs stay at about redline. i don't know about you guys but it happens to me almost all the time if i turn off traction control and floor the gas all the way (let it stay at redline a couple secs with CVT) and then take your foot off the gas and it just stays there.

[jungleboogie]

ah i am enlightened... thanks for the quick response guys... just to make sure i spoke to one of my buddies who works at rs*r and he simply dismissed it as being "okay". not so reassuring until i heard everyone's responses... thanks again guys

[wogg]

It happened to me a couple times with traction control on. It happened both times when I was taking a right turn, spinning out quite a bit in the snow but suddenly gaining traction on a bare patch of pavement. The car jolted a bit, and I immediately let off the gas, but the RPMs stayed really high. I gots scared. Was it staying high to burn cleaner, or was it part of the TCS function?

[Hussain]

i doubt traction control system system because it only happened to me with traction control off so far. so i guess to burn cleaner?

[prlwhitecoupe]

Ok so its funny, I reposted the same question just a few mins ago! Anyways, ya I've experienced this and always wondered what the hell was going on...it would get me worried. 1. I'm glad it seems to be a normal thing since all you have experienced sometime or another and 2. It has nothing to do with traction control since 2.5 models don't even have that! (bastards)....

Dahwell I usually switch to manual mode and downshift to gain extra kick to pass someone or whatever and it works great...

PS - I HATE WINTER WITH A PASSION! CAN'T EVEN CLEAN YOUR CAR IN THE GARAGE WITHOUT IT TURNING TO ICE!.... AND I STILL NEED TO INSTALL MY HIDs!

[Hussain]

WOW! we had "horrible" weather here because it rained for like 2 weeks straight. ice and snow, WOW! i wish it would snow here once in a while actually.... i like the snow but it must suck driving in it and on ice

[prlwhitecoupe]

Yah it's been a pain in the ***...but I'm lucky because on really bad days my dad actually just lets me take his car instead; 05 altima...I keep my car in the garage at all times...it even has rust proofing...but most of the time I have no choice but to drive it....right now theres a shatload of snow out there and two days ago it stopped and I was ITCHING for a carwash...it was filthy!....shes been in the garage all sparkly since...(as sparkly as a touchless car wash could get it!)...but I gotta drive her to school tmorrow and I really don't like the idea hahaha.....