Hard shifting from 1st to 2nd gear?

[mi11ion]

I saw a post on one of the Facebook sites I believe where the 2024 Tacoma owners are noticing hard shifting between 1st and 2nd gear. Have any owners on here experienced this?

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[SR5-GUYS]

I haven’t noticed any hard shifting (hopefully never) but what I have noticed is that it idles kinda rough.

 

[JBSwine]

Honestly would not worry about it for a few hundred miles as transmission is learning.

 

[Goriders]

Doesn’t happen with mine

 

[canuck19]

For mine the first shift from 1st to 2nd has a clunk to it but after the first time it doesn't happen again. Only about 500 miles so far. It did seem smoother today.

 

[MT-Taco]

Had a couple hard shifts, not sure which gears? Was within the first 2500 miles? To be honest I didn’t think much of it.. and still don’t. I’m at 5600 now with no more hard shifts no complaints. But I have to say a hard shift to one person may be normal to another, and people on FB sure like attention!!!

 

[Gfenza89]

Had a couple hard shifts, not sure which gears? Was within the first 2500 miles? To be honest I didn’t think much of it.. and still don’t. I’m at 5600 now with no more hard shifts no complaints. But I have to say a hard shift to one person may be normal to another, and people on FB sure like attention!!!

So true it’s all subjective

 

[Pancho13]

Following up with anyone here about this concern. I got my TRD Sport manual transmission in early August. Didn't think much of it cuz I'm used to driving cars and not trucks with manual transmissions so I thought I was doing something wrong. I'm experiencing a hard shift from 1st to 2nd regardless of engine temp and revs. Tried various shift patterns and release points. Hard shift doesn't happen all the time but it's there. I have less than 1000 miles so far.

 

[BOLDTACO]

every morning I get a rough 1-2 shift on my SR5... getting quite annoying. If I give it barely any throttle leaving the driveway it doesn't really do it, but if I give it any throttle above that, it almost shoves me back into my seat.

 

[tacorancher]

Mine does this sometimes but only when the engine / transmission is cool and if I’m giving it a little bit of load off the line - happens maybe 2-5 times a month

 

[tacorancher]

every morning I get a rough 1-2 shift on my SR5... getting quite annoying. If I give it barely any throttle leaving the driveway it doesn't really do it, but if I give it any throttle above that, it almost shoves me back into my seat.

Similar to me but I get that less often than you - wonder what the heck that is about

 

[Rsuperman]

I was having the same, switched to 91 octane and staying out of throttle for the first shift helped.

 

[tacorancher]

I was having the same, switched to 91 octane and staying out of throttle for the first shift helped.

my truck loves 91

 

[BOLDTACO]

I was having the same, switched to 91 octane and staying out of throttle for the first shift helped.

I've always thrown 93 octane in it. I've started to very slowly creep forward and allow it to change into 2nd gear with little throttle. not as noticeable... no clue why some are buttery smooth but others are like mine. software fix when?

 

[tacorancher]

I’m not sure why some of our Tacomas do this. Transmission debris ?

I will say when I test drove a Ranger Raptor, when it shifted from 2-3 it felt like someone had taken a bamboo cane and smacked me directly into my spine. The sales guy was unfazed.

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