I searched and couldn't find another post that specifically addresses my concern. I apologize if there was a post and I missed it.

Anyway, I'm concerned over an issue where the transmission slams into gear so hard that the shock to the drive train may be hard enough to eventually break something. The force of the clutch engagement feels like someone rear ended my car.

The problem occurs after getting off the brakes and back into the throttle when slowing at an intersection. Usually it happens when I don't come to a complete stop, rather from a crawl.

It doesn't happen all the time, only occasionally.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

i think this is normal

I can see the transmission breaking eventually from the accumulated trauma caused by the hard engagement. i think this is normal

contact SSP or boostsaves. im not the most technically educated in this area

Did you get the new flash for the SST? It should eliminate this problem. Contact your dealership and set up a time to get new flash.

I wasn't aware there was a service bulletin(flash). I'll call tomorrow.

Did you get the new flash for the SST? It should eliminate this problem. Contact your dealership and set up a time to get new flash.

I searched and couldn't find another post that specifically addresses my concern. I apologize if there was a post and I missed it.

Anyway, I'm concerned over an issue where the transmission slams into gear so hard that the shock to the drive train may be hard enough to eventually break something. The force of the clutch engagement feels like someone rear ended my car.

The problem occurs after getting off the brakes and back into the throttle when slowing at an intersection. Usually it happens when I don't come to a complete stop, rather from a crawl.

It doesn't happen all the time, only occasionally.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

i think that is the same that i post. http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17965

youll love your car even more. shouldn't cost you anything either. just tell em you have a rough idle. theres a thread about this.

Car idles fine, but I'll alert them of the hard shifts.

youll love your car even more. shouldn't cost you anything either. just tell em you have a rough idle. theres a thread about this.

You dont have to tell them you have a rough idle. Just tell them you want the re-flash and thats what you will get. And no, it does not cost anything

Yeah I get this too, I told my dealer about it but they refused to reflash my ECU unless I had a CEL.

Thats not right at all. You need to go to a different dealer

The mr transmissions behaviour is very finaky when decelerating. What you are describing is common to some. I have had this exact thing happen to me, but only when I got a check engine light and the trans went into protection mode.

What you are describing was fixed by some sst owners on the boards simply by visiting the dealer, and requesting the newest flash.

Please keep us informed how the issue is/or not resolved.

i meant if they don't know what you're talking about, this is what i had to do. but the dealer i went to is retarded. they scratched up my interior so bad and pulled my intake apart and didn't put any of that back together.

my interior fan went out, the closest mitsu dealer to me couldn't find it, they said theyd have to take the bumper off or tear the dash apart. i went to a different dealer they found the problem within a half hour. mitsu sucks ass! some of their dealers have a clue, most do not, find one that works on evos a lot

According to Mitsu this is 'normal'. I had my car at the dealer twice for this when it was new, less than 1000 miles. Doesn't happen as often now that car has @ 12,000 miles out, I think I adjusted my driving style to avoid it.

This happens to me occasionally as well. Had a reflash done about 3 months ago and it hasn't gotten rid of it (wonder if there is a newer reflash available?)... so now I just make sure to stick her into manual mode when i'm in situations where it is prone to happening (ie rolling stops.. usually right hand turns...)... first time it happened i thought i had gotten rear ended. the jolt was so severe i had that acid taste in my mouth.. the kind you get when you fall out of a tree and land on your back.. hahahah (j/k...)..

My MR did the clunk thing about 5 times during the first 5 months, but haven't done it since the last oil change about 2k miles ago. It almost stalled (or so it seemed) once a few weeks ago. But that's it.

Other than that, the transmission has been a joy during the 12k miles that I've had the vehicle. Looking Forward to tuning her up a bit. :-)

i got it occassionally as well. sometimes (less than 5 times) after i soft turn, when i step on my accelerator, the car just refuse to accelerate, like retarded for few seconds, then it accelerates. Anyone got this problem?

^I had this same problem a few weeks ago, I cleaned my MAF with the CRC stuff and that symptom went away. I can't guarantee it will work for you though, obviously. I got it at autozone for about $6.00.

Thats not right at all. You need to go to a different dealer

The "official" message from Mitsubishi is not to reflash without the CEL. Some dealers are leniant and do the reflash if you explain your problem and that the flash is supposed to solve it.

So from what you describing...sounds a lot like what everyone else gets once in a while. LOL. I hate to say this, but, adjust your driving style a wee bit and it won't happen. When you decelerate, (and again, I don't quite know ALL the logic that controls this), in Sport or S-Sport it always rev matches, but in Normal, it seems to either a) disengage clutches, (clutch in and brake on a manual which = bad habit), or b) rev match.

B only happens when certain conditions are met, (so it seems to me), like when very gently decelerating/light light brake application. So...(A) is the culprit. When you brake a little harder, it disengages the clutch, and before you come to a complete stop (RPM's settle), you step on the gas again (20% -30% throttle is the "golden" zone), it tries to "re-engage" the clutch except that it is grabbing too hard/quick hence the bucking/thunking.

You can reproduce this on pretty much any MR. Just go a bit, brake enough (but not too hard) that the clutch seems to "disengage" and before your RPM's drop to hrm...say, 2000 step on the throttle to about 30% and you're pretty much guaranteed your thunk. So that's why I say, change the driving style a bit. Wait for the RPM's to drop before stepping on the throttle again.

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