JT Stutter…

Bear_JT

Bear_JT

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This is a new one for me. Let me know if anyone has experienced this or knows of anything about it please.

So today was the first time I noticed this. My 2021 Gladiator with 18,900 miles started with what I could best describe as a stutter while driving at about 40-60 miles per hour on smooth flat road. It only seems to happen while in 7th and 8th gear. If I accelerate, it’ll downshift to 4th or 5th and I have power to go. If I’m coasting or lightly accelerating while in 7th or 8th, it feels like the transmission is stuttering or intermittently cutting power for about 1 second at a time but the motor sounds fine and no code are coming up. Has anyone dealt with this at all? Thanks in advance.
 
Bear_JT

Bear_JT

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Thanks Eddie. I’m going to be headed out here in a while and I’ll check it out. It’s pretty weird how it started out of nowhere after a full day of running around with no problems.
 
WJCO

WJCO

Meme King
Bear_JT said:
This is a new one for me. Let me know if anyone has experienced this or knows of anything about it please.

So today was the first time I noticed this. My 2021 Gladiator with 18,900 miles started with what I could best describe as a stutter while driving at about 40-60 miles per hour on smooth flat road. It only seems to happen while in 7th and 8th gear. If I accelerate, it’ll downshift to 4th or 5th and I have power to go. If I’m coasting or lightly accelerating while in 7th or 8th, it feels like the transmission is stuttering or intermittently cutting power for about 1 second at a time but the motor sounds fine and no code are coming up. Has anyone dealt with this at all? Thanks in advance.
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Sure sounds like a torque converter shudder but first I've heard about it on a gladiator.
 
Bear_JT

Bear_JT

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WJCO said:
Sure sounds like a torque converter shudder but first I've heard about it on a gladiator.
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That’s what I was thinking also but there seems to be no slippage or power lag or anything else that i know of usually associated to torque converters.
 
Bear_JT

Bear_JT

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So I have an update. The “stutter” seems to have cleared up. I had been racking my brain on what could have been causing this and the only thing that I could come up with and doesn’t make any sense was to turn off this rodent repeller that was installed under the hood when I purchased my Gladiator. It’s wired to the battery and periodically puts out a high frequency signal and flashes lights to scare away rodents and cats. I realized the stutter seemed to match the timing of the pulse on this device and turned it off. No more stutter. the only thing I can think of if this was the culprit, is maybe it was messing with a computer or sensor somehow. Here’s hoping that this was it in some weird way and it doesn’t come back. IMG_6343.jpeg
 
WJCO

WJCO

Meme King
Bear_JT said:
So I have an update. The “stutter” seems to have cleared up. I had been racking my brain on what could have been causing this and the only thing that I could come up with and doesn’t make any sense was to turn off this rodent repeller that was installed under the hood when I purchased my Gladiator. It’s wired to the battery and periodically puts out a high frequency signal and flashes lights to scare away rodents and cats. I realized the stutter seemed to match the timing of the pulse on this device and turned it off. No more stutter. the only thing I can think of if this was the culprit, is maybe it was messing with a computer or sensor somehow. Here’s hoping that this was it in some weird way and it doesn’t come back. View attachment 391708
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That's crazy. Hope it was that simple.
 
wayoflife

wayoflife

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Bear_JT said:
So I have an update. The “stutter” seems to have cleared up. I had been racking my brain on what could have been causing this and the only thing that I could come up with and doesn’t make any sense was to turn off this rodent repeller that was installed under the hood when I purchased my Gladiator. It’s wired to the battery and periodically puts out a high frequency signal and flashes lights to scare away rodents and cats. I realized the stutter seemed to match the timing of the pulse on this device and turned it off. No more stutter. the only thing I can think of if this was the culprit, is maybe it was messing with a computer or sensor somehow. Here’s hoping that this was it in some weird way and it doesn’t come back. View attachment 391708
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Thanks for the update and I have to say, I bet that's been your issue. (y)
 
hobbz

hobbz

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That sounds similar to something I've experienced. At 1400prm in 7th or 8th with very light throttle I have had the stutter, only after several hours of driving. I've got 33k on mine and had it happen 3 or 4 times.
 
Bear_JT

Bear_JT

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hobbz said:
That sounds similar to something I've experienced. At 1400prm in 7th or 8th with very light throttle I have had the stutter, only after several hours of driving. I've got 33k on mine and had it happen 3 or 4 times.
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Yeah I had been driving for a while in pretty warm temperatures. Everything similar like you said, rpm’s, very light throttle. Knock on wood it hasn’t come back.
 
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