yea I knew you'd all point the finger at me and label me a bad driver..
ok then.. my 1st transmission was replaced at 54,9** in 2001 the problem was that it was very sluggish, and would shift hard and jerk when I touched the gas, and jerk again when I let off the gas, IMMEDIATLEY after the transmission swap. like a day later it was doing the exact same things.. I take it to the shop, tranny specialist that authorized the replacement says "the 4R70W is a bad transmission, its just picky, you have to put up with it" he also tells me "I think it shifts d@mn sporty, I wouldn't change a thing"
the shifting gets worse and the truck continues to be slow.. I go to the dealership 4 more times on this issue until the guy who test drove it and told me it was "d@mn sporty" decides I need to be put in my place as a know nothing customer gets in my face blah de blah, dont know what you're talking about, blah blah, I'm ASE you're not, blah blah blah "all that **** you put on it is probablly whats wrong anyway"
take it to a tranny shop who drives it a constant speed for 30 minutes, says its fine.. tells me its a qyuart low on tranny fluid.. puts fluid in it, charges me $1.75 for the fluid, I drive it home.. it feels like I'm driving in sand.. totally boggy and unresponsive, worse than before.
Have it floor dynoed on a dynojet 4 dyno runs yeild 4 signifigantly different power ratings (123 146 153 and 172 or somewhere abouts)
after that I went broke spending money on this truck, so I stopped going to shops, its gotten worse, it shifts up and down while going at a constant speed on an even smooth road
I got the truck when it was new, 15 miles on the clock, current mileage is about 75,000 I was 15 when my parents got the truck for me, I learned to drive in it, I took the test in it, I take it on vacation, I drive it every time I leave this house. I did not ever push the truck hard until about 2 years ago when the truck started feeling slow and I started having trouble with traffic.. I then found my 0-60 to be 10 seconds at best, 16 at worst, I started watching my rpms closer, trying to keep them down, but at the same time trying ot see what keeps up to other drivers average rpm to keep up with other drivers is 3500 rpm on a take-off my average mpg is about 12 worst is 9 best is 15 (this is on road)
would you like some more information? up until the last year or so I was not hard on my vehicle at all.. the only reason I am now is becasue you have to be to get out into traffic and to merge/pass etc. etc.
