This vehicle has auto stick shifting with an automatic transmission. For upshifts movement all the way to the right, hitting the end of travel is required the make a shift up in gear selection. On down shifts, just touching the shift handle and barely applying pressure activates a downshift. No movement of the shift handle is required. This way to sensitive.
2012 Jeep Wrangler transmission complaints
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Automatic transmission with 'electronic range select' allows a downshift with a move of the shift lever to the left when in 'd' drive. A move to the right up-shifts. Accidental downshifts occur frequently because of 'hair-trigger' nature of shift lever controls. The slightest, barely perceptible movement left causes a downshift, often unintended and unexpected. Up-shifting requires a definite movement to the right. Discussion of this issue with 2012 automatic wranglers drivers on jeep internet forums suggests a number of people experience and have a problem with this, while a number of drivers state their shifter requires a definite move left to downshift. I experience frequent, accidental downshifts on every trip due to this defect. Current mileage on this vehicle is 1100 miles. Sudden deceleration due to accidental downshifts can cause loss of traction on unpaved, gravel, icy or snowy roads, confusion, disorienting, and over-revving the engine.
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