Thread: 722.6 Transmission Limp Mode - Can a bad Lateral Acceleration Sensor cause it?
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Old 07-29-2016, 10:39 AM
Zulfiqar Zulfiqar is offline
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the lateral sensor is used by the ESP system mostly.

Does the TCU communicate with your scan tool? - a hard fault in the system will cause the shifting program to shut down and default to 2nd gear at maximum line pressure.
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