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Hello, I have a 2011 Optima with a manual transmission and 125K miles, with a lot of that being highway miles. Just recently I started having issues with shifting gears. It doesn't seem to be slipping at all, I just can't shift into gear easily. It gets better when I pump the clutch a bunch...

2011 EX with the 2.4L engine. Lately I've been having a problem when shifting, normally into drive either from park or reverse, where it "thuds" into gear. I have about 105K miles on the car, have had the engine replaced due to the recall, and approximately 10K miles ago I had to replace the...

as the title states...found out a couple of weeks ago from dealer that the shift lock release has been bypassed with a portion of a pen body that was cut down to size and jammed into the cover to keep the shift release button depressed. WTF over? anyway, cars history is it's a used car I bought...

So, as I was driving around, my 4th gear was getting noticeably jerky, either in manual mode, or left on auto. Soon after, all the gears had the same jerky/rough upshift/downshift. As that happened, the check engine light kicked in. Knowing that the transmission case is supposed to be sealed...

I didn't see a thread like this, so I figure I'd start one. Has there been any numbers on if shifting manumatic/paddle is faster than automatic? I'm going to assume it is if you're shifting in the lower gears (1 through 3) on the street...or at least it seems that way for me when passing slower...

Just curious on how to get the most out of this feature. 1)Lets say you want to get from 0 to 60 faster would you turn on sportmatic shifting but let it automatically upshift itself? Or is that the same as leaving it in automatic? Manually shifting yourself before it automatically shifts for...

I have a 2013 Optima SXL. For the past week or so I noticed my car has been shifting between gears rather hard, and today my check engine light actually came on. What could be the issue because I only have about 30,000 miles? It seems to calm down a little bit after about 30 minutes, but I...

So my wife's Optima SX has gone through about 3 weeks of rough shifting (hard shifts both up and down, staying in lower gear and high rpms etc). I read about the transmission temp sensor and how it could possibly be bad and causing this issue. It finally threw a code after about 3 weeks of...

All, I have enjoyed the first 1500 miles on my 2015 Kia Optima SX Turbo and read a lot of threads on here about Kia Optima owners having to adjust to "engine braking" and the sluggishness of upshifting and downshifting while "adaptive transmission values" are being recorded by the control...

Yesterday, I had a losing battle with the over excited TCS on my way to an interview, and now I feel like my transmission is hesitting when shifting from 2nd to 3rd. I also get a slight hesitation issue when it decelerates from 3rd to 2nd. I notice it more in Eco Mode than I do in its normal...

I do every now and then. A friend of mine told me that if i switch from auto to manual while in motion it can mess up my transmission? Is this true?? would like additional info on using this feature. This is my first car with this option and i dont want to mess up the car just because i got...

Is there a way to change the shifting order so that pushing up on the stick shifts down and pushing down shifts up? I'm coming from a Mazda and that's how it used to be. I keep forgetting that up is up and it's driving me crazy.

Does anyone know why the light comes on? Does this happen to any of your cars..... DISCLAIMER "Closed course, professional driver. Do not atempt at home" 2012 pptima:

The other night I was doing some spirited driving and I noticed that when my car shifts into 3rd and 4th gear there is a long hesitation post shift before the RPMS start to climb again. I was going to make a video but I was looking that the UTUNE thread and doeboy (he has a sonata) posted video...

Hi So i just brought this puppy home today trying to get out there and try out the speed of this bad boy....Can you guys advise as to when to shift? What RPMS? Thanks alot.....Im not trying to save gas either btw hahaha im trying to see the full blown off performance of this car..... thanks...

Anyone have or had issues with the transmission shifting hard? My SX is 16,000 miles old and about 6 months or so. Recently when it shifts automatically, it knocks or shifts hard - as in noisy and kinda jerks you in the seat. It usually works itself out after 10 or 20 minutes and stops doing...

Hi, So I've had my SX 2012 for almost 5 months now and decided to use the manual shift mode more. Is there any damage that can come from downshifting or up shifting too early? I understand a computer monitors the shift requests, but occasionally I downshift to early and the car jerks as if...

I have an issue with my Optima's transmission. The car has about 9,500 miles on it. After driving several hours on the freeway (65 - 70 mph), I park the car and let it sit over night. The next morning when I drive the car, the transmission shifts very hard and almost feels like it is braking...

I am not sure if I have a problem or not....when i am in sport mode and using the paddle shifters, I notice that when accelerating the trans shifts at about 5 K, in second...it just goes into 3rd with out me touching the paddles. All other gears it waits for me:) to shift it.....I am not sure...

So I noticed today that while in manual mode the transmission will automatically shift from first to second at 5k rpm. Any cluess why it does this? Threw me off, as this is my first time getting on the car in manual mode. As soon as I would go to throw it in second it had already done it and...