Ferrari 458 DCT

Hi,

Is a transmission jerk at low revs when shifting up 1st to 2nd and down 2nd to first normal or a sign for a failing DCT. This is in sport not race mode. I experienced this during a test drive of a 2011 458 with 40k plus miles.

Thank you!

 

You might want to post this in the 458 subforum:
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/forums/458-italia-488-f8.204/
Or, perhaps a moderator can move this post for you.

 

Was the car properly warmed up?

 

Yes. It continued to happen after 15 min of highway driving.

 

100 percent not normal … doesn’t sound like the typical DCT failure — warning light or loss of odd or even gears (sensor going bad), or fluid leaking from the weep hole when running (seal failure) — that sounds like a mechanical issue. You can manually downshift from 2nd to 1st rolling up to a stop sign and not feel a thing even in race mode.

 

I usually just let the car do that automatically while in manual.