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1-2 harshness is from being too loose, not too tight. 2-4 then back to three is from too tight. He didnt post what year, if its 2000 or later it doesnt have a brake band. The easiest way I found to adjust it is to remove the 6 cross bar to chassis bolt and lower the rear of the transmission slightl...

the 2-3 shift uses the brake band rather then solenoids. If it is adjusted to tightly, you can end up with an abrubt shift or it will not shift at all. When things heat up the band stretches and shifts become normal. Thank you very much for the advice. I took the car to a mechanic. Unfortunately th...

I bought a used Legacy GLX 2.5 L, 2000 model AT. The car drives great. But when the car is cold and I take it for a drive, it jerks while shifting from second to third gear once and after that it runs fine till it is cold again. The car had done under 30K mile. I changed the AT oil and filter thinki...