As far as I can tell it’s just the tachometer doing it. The car drives fine in between shifts. However, I do have the weird noises coming from the driver side at low speeds people have talked about. Some have said it’s related to the shift cable being loose. I disconnected the manual park release cable and it has helped with the noise but it’s still present. Don’t know if this is related to the tachometer fluctuating.
Yeah I thought it was odd. None of the vehicles I’ve owned have ever done that. I do have the 1.5L so not sure if that’s makes a difference but I believe the badlands uses the same transmission. I’ll have to get it checked once I’m able to get it in for the brake recall.
I wanted to revisit this video I posted years ago. Is this the transmission “shudder” torque converter issue people have been talking about? I’m at 80k miles and vehicle still does it till this day. RPMS are jumpy when I blip the throttle or on cruise control. I have not done a transmission fluid change just yet but recently seen a post that adding shudder fix can “fix” this issue?
Torque converter shudder may cause a rhythmic jump movement to the tachometer.
Yes, that’s exactly what my vehicle does. It’s done it since new and honestly hasn’t gotten worse over time nor has the drivability really changed. Just really trying to see if this will become a big problem later on. I planned on keeping the vehicle forever but not sure if it’s worth paying it off or just selling it and jumping into something else to avoid a costly repair later down the road.
I have a 21 bb and mine was shuddering like crazy you can feel the shudder it was that bad. I just saw your thread about the shudder fix so I tried it and instantly fixed the issue. Thank you for bringing it up that stuff is magical I really thought it was my trans. I brought my car in multiple times for that issue and they kept telling me they couldn’t replicate the issue. I just don’t understand how that stuff works I thought it was a computer issue with the trans but I guess not.
