# Trippin' transmissions, Batman! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** cherokee, transmissions, jeep\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trippin-transmissions-batman/47433 "2010-04-13T23:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseFernandez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@JoseFernandez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoseFernandez)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trippin-transmissions-batman/47433/1 "2010-04-13T23:26:02Z")
while doing 65mph on the freeway, we switched to 2nd gear. The Jeep didn’t croak, but the transmission light came on. We had a rebuilt tranny put in, but the light still came back on & now it does a hard shift from 1st gear to 2nd & then again to 3rd. After that it does fine. It also feels a bit sluggish accelerating from a standstill. That didn’t happen before. They’ve checked & rechecked the computer & all it says is cylinder 3 misfire, so maybe that accounts for the slow acceleration (?). Any help greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trippin-transmissions-batman/47433/2 "2010-04-14T00:58:00Z")
Wow, talk about confusing and missing information. ---
**Author:** ![ZombieWoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trippin-transmissions-batman/47433/3 "2010-04-14T01:31:11Z")
Wow, talk about not asking for clarification. Is this 2nd gear as in PRND21 or a manual transmission? If manual, why the big downshift to 2nd? Your first move was to install a new transmission? Have you addressed the cylinder 3 misfire? That’s how you do it, son. (thank you Charlie Daniels)