What Does Transmission Jerk Feel Like?
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Transmission jerk is the impact sensation caused by the inertia of moving parts inside the engine. During the process of raising or lowering the engine speed, if the engine speed changes abruptly during gear shifting, the moving parts inside the engine will react against the vehicle body due to inertia, resulting in a jerking sensation. The causes of transmission jerk include the following: 1. The transmission's response speed is not fast enough. When the upshift speed cannot keep up with the throttle input, a jerking sensation occurs at the moment of gear shifting. 2. The intervention of the energy recovery system. Once the driver releases the throttle pedal or presses the brake pedal, the generator immediately starts working, connecting to the engine and imposing some load on it, affecting the engine speed and causing it to become unsynchronized with the clutch plate speed, thus creating a jerking sensation. 3. Low-speed jerk. Due to frequent shifting between first and second gears at low speeds, the clutch continuously engages and disengages, making it unable to smoothly complete power transmission in a short time, resulting in low-speed jerk.