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Originally Posted by RPS99SHO View Post
I notice it too with very light throttle application, usually on a hill, and only at speeds where any more throttle will elicit a downshift. It feels different than the steering wobble, which mine also has. It almost feels like lugging a manual transmission vehicle; being in too high a gear for the torque you're asking from the engine. I think it's just very conservative transmission tuning for the sake of fuel mileage, and I've learned to live with it. When it's more pronounced I'll force a downshift. I wish ECT Power was still a thing in the 5g.

Anyway, I don't see 4th and 5th gens with high mileage dying because of broken transmissions, so I've stopped worrying about it.
I have absolutely zero concern the tranny will fail. Bottom line, the shifting lacks refinement which seems like something Toyota could have easily addressed via a software change, especially for a 9-year-old platform.. I'd be willing to bet pretty much every single 4R has this same issue. Pretty clear the common theme is that it most often occurs under light throttle, which for me is probably 75% of my driving..No hills here in Florida, so unless I'm gunning it to get on the highway there aren't many times where I'm forcing a downshift.
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