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Automatic...Stuck in 3rd gear?

29K views 11 replies 7 participants last post by  cyrusdatasci  
#1 ·
I have about 28k miles on my 2010 Mazda3 hatchback. It’s an automatic with slap shift.

I noticed recently that it’s getting stuck in 3rd gear. For example, I was pulling out into traffic last night, and as I was accelerating, the RPM’s went to 4k, but it wouldn’t shift out of 3rd gear. I had to let off the gas, slap shift it into 4th, and let it get back to normal. It’s only done this twice.

Has anyone else had this problem? Everything is stock...no mods. It hasn’t been wrecked. I’ve had it since August, 2010. Is there a recall I haven’t heard about?
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
Thanks for your reply.

It seemed to start not long after I had the car serviced at the dealership. Not sure if they were supposed to do a power trans fluid flush or not....I guess taking it to them would be my best bet? And hopefully it's not too expensive...