Hi Guys, had my 2013 sports A/T for 3 weeks now. Very happy about my decision. One thing I noticed, every morning after turning on engine and putting it in drive, car jerks. Is this common? Weather has been cold last couple of weeks. Is this something I should be worried about? Car runs fine though and there is no jerk on warm start...

Appreciate your inputs....

 

Our transmissions do have a bit of jerkiness when they engage.

Some people (myself included) seem to be able to reduce the effect by holding the brake longer and slowly releasing it. Since the effect is less noticeable in warm weather, sometimes I don't get any jerk at all. Nothing to worry about, the transmission is fine.

 

I think it jerks when you put it in gear when the car is colder is because when you start the car in cold weather the engine runs faster because it is colder. It's an automatic thing that happens. After a few minutes the engine warms up and the RPM's slow down to normal. Your car is fine. This is the way it works.

 

Correct. Watch your tach. When cold it is around 1500-2000 and slowly falls back to 750 or so once warmed up. Just be careful the first few stops as you will not have any engine braking so will need a bit more brake pedal.

 

ive notice that to so i just warm it up every morning at 6am for 30min and smoke a jay meanwhile then head off to work and it dont jerk at all

 

If you didn't wait thirty minutes you could afford more 420.

 

i still could afford it so don't matter rather have my car warm before i leave and its not like i'm going to die having to wait 30min to leave

 

They do jerk when cold but the way around it is, when putting it in D, do not release the brake until the the transmission is fully engaged.

 

When I was a youngin like you. That's how I started my every day. Now, you couldn't give it to me for free.

 

It's been dipping below zero here lately. I don't let the car warm up, though. I wait for the RPM's to just start to calm down (maybe 10 seconds?), put it in Sport mode, pop the shifter to 2nd and then let off the brake. I do it this way because driving off in 1st gear causes a lurch when shifting to 2nd on its own the first time when really cold.

 

What they said!