155 K on this Car, I have a similar problem with Tranny but it is an up-shift problem not a down-shift.

Occasionally the car will take a few seconds to go from first to second gear after standing at a stop light or something like that. I know that this car will not go to second as long as it is cold to pre-heat the CC. But this happens after I drove for 30 miles on the E-way.

I start the car in the morning warm up for 10 minutes (Chicago is cold this time of year) and then hit the E-way, I go for about 30 miles non-stop 60mph to 70mph straight though until I hit down town area and then it is stop and go, then this problem occurs. It happens not everyday and once it does it only happens once or twice and then I can do stop and go for the rest of the day and no problem.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

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