Shifting in cold weather

[minnesotaart]

Minnesota here. We were -21F the other morning and have been well below 0F for a number of days now. Yes, it is a bit sluggish and whiney at first, but never any hard or rough shifts. If anything it sort of oozes into the next gear until it warms up a bit. For what it's worth, I never warm up my CX-5. Just get in it and drive, the only warm up being the time it takes to put on my seatbelt. 175K trouble free miles.

 

[zx10guy]

I haven't seen the TSB for the software update that addresses this. I can see hard/rough shifts in cold weather; particularly if the trans fluid is not up to operating temperature. But it seems there's more to cold temps and shifting quality that the update addresses.

 

[N7turbo]

There is a TSB on this due to shift logic needing to be reprogrammed or something like this.

Yep, I posted a link to it above. There are specific words they use to describe the symptoms.

To you.

I was just showing how your own comment went on to say that it is normal for you. After saying that it wasn't