Kizashi Club

When parking this morning I shifted from reverse to drive and felt a noticeable "jerk" when the car went into D, Have others expirienced this? After i felt the jerk I pulled up a little more and reversed back then shifted to D and the jerk happened again. I drove about 15 min to work(2.5 miles)

Also if I use paddle shifters and downshift a little too soon could that damage the cvt or does the cvt computer prevent possible damage by early downshifts/upshifts?

Normal to feel it shifting to D from R?

yep, normal. Not saying it's right, good or bad. Therefore, I simply come to complete stops before switching between P, D, and R w/ foot on brakes. Smooth as silk then.

Ronzuki wrote:yep, normal. Not saying it's right, good or bad. Therefore, I simply come to complete stops before switching between P, D, and R w/ foot on brakes. Smooth as silk then.

Yes I too alway come to a compete stop and give myself about 4 seconds before accelerating, I've felt the 'jerk' every time I shift from R to D and vice versa...standard auto trans have the same jerk when shifting.
My kiz has 1022 miles on the odo

The CVT can be a little slow to engage into gear.

(I hammer my CVT, because it's warrantied for 100K. I figure if there's ACTUALLY something wrong it will be exposed inside 100K, ay?)

My dealer reflashed the tcm. Mine was the first car they did. It helped with the smoothness and speed of engagement but unfortunately, this is a characteristic of these CVT's. They should have put a regular 6sp auto in this car. It would have been smoother and quicker.

Yes, happens on my parent's CVT SX4 also.

Ditto on the slow shift from D to R.

Same here, a have what seems to be a long delay shifting between reverse and drive, its actually about 5 seconds more or less but it feels like an eternity , I'm used to it and come to a complete stop before I shift.