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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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i have a 03 chevy dmax and today for the first time me and a friend were driving down the road and he said mash it so he could here how it sounded with the exhaust. i put the peddle to the floor and the rpms jumped to 3500 downshifted then didnt shift again till i lifted. any ideas why it would not shift when its suposed to i bought it used with 72000 on it. is the trans slippin that bad? or somethin else
 
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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Well if I understand what happened right i would first start with the fuel filter. I dont see a programmer of any kind in your sig so i would doubt its slipping.

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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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no codes?
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 10:23 AM
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no codes so far and no programers in the truck is stock except for the exhaust
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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Then i would try changing your fuel filter. before i changed mine a while back it would wrap up to 3300 in 4th and not shift until i let out. Trans tables are based of throttle position, speed, and rpm so if your not meeting the speed for that throttle position its not going to shift.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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yes change your fuel filter mine did this it was like i only had half trottle changed the filter was like new again
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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ok thanks ill do that this weekend and see what happens
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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Have you changed the trans filter, should do it every 10k-15k?
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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just got the truck about 6 monts ago wanted to get the trans servied but havent had the time
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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trans filter takes maybe 2 minutes to change, just finding a cheap trans filter is hard
 
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