Hey all well I got a question to ask yall to see if this is a normal thing or not for Automatic lancers with the MIVEC CVT. so i took a ramp off a highway to enter another highway.... then i step on the gas to accelerate, the car went fine, from 30 to like 70 in like no time it felt 6 sec or so..lol... but anyway rpm went to like 5000 then suddenly it drops down to 4000 while my speedometer still goes up to 80 mph. Is this a normal feeling of the CVT doing it's work? I thought it's suppose to keep the speed going up while maintain the rpm constant instead of dropping it to shift then go up again?

I hope my transmission is not going bad It's not like I slam on the gas hard everytime.... just from when i take off time to time i hit the gas to pass drivers... and from escaping car on to ramps...

 

i would get ahold of the dealership and take them to an off ramp on the highway and show them. thats why you have a warranty, get some use outta that batch!

 

If you ease of the gas the transmission will change the "pulley ratios" to conserve gas. If you were flooring it this whole time than you have a problem.

 

I did ease off a little, but I thought when you accelerate don't you always make sure your foot is pressing down on the gas and holding it?

 

I know once I hit 6500rpm and im on I95 eventually the RPMs will go back to 5k or so but thats not unless Im doing 90 or so plus....and if i floor it till the rpms change.

i have a cvt too.

 

It's normal man, if you ease of the the gas at all, the rpm's drop.

 

right I notice yes the rpm does drop to kinda save gas, but what about the jerking feeling? it's like a manual jerking but shouldn't cvt shift be smoother?

 

it might be a problem. indication night my not always come on if the tranny is acting up. you're "kick down" might be going bad.

 

I don't think it's a real problem... I'm trying to see if it happens again.

 

+1

 

i sorta have the same problem,,, when am driving the car drives fine, but all of a sudden when i let go of the gas, i could be at 4 rpm and all of a sudden it will hit down to 1rpm makeing this jerking feeling. and when am driving and am hitting the brakes to make the stop right before am completing the stop it jerks one time like if its downshifting, i know its a CVT so it shouldnt do that,.. can anyone help??

 

was it raining? that happens to me sometimes, I'm pretty sure for me in was vapor lock