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Old 11-03-2010, 12:25 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by molamann View Post
I had the same exact problem with 7AT on "D" mode. It was actually pretty bad at first(first couple hundred miles,) bad enough so that I actually took it to two different Nissan service stations. Both of them told me that it's quite normal since the Z has such an aggressive transmission and it tends to do that coming to a stoplight at low gears. Anyways I don't know if I got used to it or if the transmission got better but it's lot less noticeable now at 3k+ miles.
I noticed the same thing - for whatever reason, on the rare occasion when the car was new and would downshift from 2nd to 1st (and I'm talking "D" or "M" mode guys - it doesn't matter, since the car automatically downshifts when it needs to, even in M mode) it would really jerk. I've got a little over 10K miles on it now, you still notice it but not that much.

BTW, the jerk is normal. Try downshifting (at low speed, of course) a manual from 2nd to 1st and see what happens - unless you're barely moving you'll feel a jerk and hear the engine rev.

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