P5 AT manual shift upshifting hestitation problem!!

IT'S FIXED!!!!(hi)
Thanks to blinduno for the solution!(bow)
I finally get back half of my driving pleasure from this car and get back the better gas mileage with the manual mode.
It was quite easy. Just 6 Phillips screws, 4 nuts, and 3 connectors. I did it in way less than an hour even I was taking my time. It is so straightforward even a caveman could do it.(evil)

The replacement part:
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And I found some McDonald's French fries my mom dropped under my e-brake handle like 6 or 7 years ago:
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See, these stuff never go bad. Now you know what food to stack up with when the whole Yellowstone erupt.
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And you wonder why our interiors are so noisy. There is absolutely no sound insulation materials under the transmission control unit.
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I am just glad this problem is finally fixed. The Mazda dealer I went to charged me over hundred for a check up but didn't even look at this part and just went on telling me it was one of the AT solenoids that was causing the problem and asking for $600 to fix it.(gun)


And I took the chance to install my on-board DVR too:
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Looks like this part will stop working every 70K miles.
My TCM is having problem again, this time instead of not upshifting, it now cannot downshift.
I am ordering another one again.
 
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