# Civic '08 upshift stutter

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/civic-08-upshift-stutter/72622>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 25, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/civic-08-upshift-stutter/72622 "2012-05-25T00:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/civic-08-upshift-stutter/72622/1 "2012-05-25T00:33:35Z")

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Car has about 65K miles. Daughter uses it, mostly out of town, and I seldom drive it. Last week I noticed that when I accelerate slowly from a stop, when I get to about 17MPH there is a little bit of stutter as the transmission upshifts (2nd gear to 3rd, I think). “Stutter” means pulsing stop/go, sort of like ABS but much lower rate. It lasts only for a few seconds. Maybe something like the tranny hunting between gears??? I did not notice the stutter if I accelerated forcefully, but I did not get much chance to experiment.

Should I ignore it, or should I take it to the trusted mechanic or tranny shop?