1999 Mercury Cougar "transmission jumps downshifting" Questions

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...jumps/downshifts really hard before making the stop. What could be the problem? FIRST CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL MAKE SURE ITS CORRECT.IF FLUID LEVEL OKAY SOUND LIKE STICKING SHIFT VALVES.CHANGE ...

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transmission is "downshifting" which is a normal function...However if it's happening early, the throttle cable may be out of adjustment. This does not happen in 3rd gear because that's how the system

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...downshifting because the RPMs jump by about 500 RPM briefly when this happens. If I have the car in manual mode, this shift knocks it into automatic mode. The car has low miles (36000) but they are ...

...if it restarts the car is fine until you slow down again and it does it all over again. HELP! CK TRANSMISSION ...

...is it doing this? the jeep wants to lurch forward when this happens. Sounds like on downshift the transmission has a delay, transmission "slips" out of gear. My first step would be to change ...

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...jumps and than my rpm goes pass 4 when speed is 55 Sounds like the transmission is downshifting to passing gear. Might the electronic control module for the transmission. Have someone pull the codes ...

...transmission was downshifting at time of impact and damaged auto-clutch??? not a mechanic any help would be great. Im not too sure but it may be that your transmission mount may be broken. Other than ...

...jumps and car power kicks in Not too much power while driving it keeps going but then it will jump and go It may "jump and go" but it's because the transmission downshifted and you get the sensation ...

...jumps. Then shortly after the jump, if it does, it will downshift just fine. It does it when I have the cruise on but very seldom without, but that could just be me. The dealership said there was no ...

...my 92 Crown Victoria is jumping in and out of lock-up mode when the engine drags down, before the transmission downshifts. What could be causing this? The transmission does not seem to be slipping ...

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