BOON250

I have a bw35 trans in my XF Ghia. Under very light acceleration it wants to get in to top VERY early I mean like 25kmh its intop. If you accelerate up a hill hard it shifts firmly from 1 to 2 and then slips slighty going in to top. On the flat under firm power it seems to be ok. I have just had a recent full service which included band adjustment. I was hoping this would fix it but no. The car has 150kms on it......any ideas guys???? Im sure the shifts are meant to be more evenly spaced than they are!

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yeah right

My XF Ghia was suffering a similar problem.

Check the kickdown cable - it should be a 7.5mm gap between the cable body & the black thingy on the inner - I know thats pretty vague - but you'll know it when you see it - also check that the inner isn't broken. Also - make sure your accelerator cable is well adjusted - my XF's done 140km & it's stretched - so the throttle butterfly was only opening like 80% - and not pulling the kickdown cable enough.

Now 1/3 throttle at low speeds is enough to hold the gears longer which makes for much swift progress through traffic with minimal throttle opening - and when you boot it it holds the gear right to the red (which admittedly ins't that high....)

Rollin

its also likely that they over-adjusted the bands in the auto - this would cause your problem too

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BOON250

hey Yeah Right

thanks for the advice ! Its fixed the problem. The car now has nice firm shifts and does not slip going into top. Its a different car to drive now!!

Cheers

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