[FRSBRZGT86FAN]

Originally Posted by Cole

Could be, or the stereo thing could have just been an isolated incident. I don't have the patience to chase electrical gremlins, my service manager has told me to go fuck myself and I'm over the car for the transmission woes I'm having. What a wonderful scion experience.

Originally Posted by Cole

From what I've seen, it's all 2015+ who have the issue. My pal, @drewbot has a '13 (I think) AT and he's never had the problem, like yourself.

It's very weird, and sometimes it doesn't happen at all, even when switching from D to M and back again. But the other day, I was driving along, in M and my downshifts were fine. All of a sudden, my stereo stopped playing over USB, I approached a stop light and then I got the hard/rear wheel locking downshift. Weirdest thing ever.

The guys on here who have the TSB done say it fixed their problems. Maybe there was a slight change to the TCM logic for '15 and on, but that also seems weird.

I suggest everyone put their tin-foils hats on and dig up any inconsistencies they find from Toyota and Subaru for differences across model years.

When I first noticed it happening, it made me very mad that my brand new car was having this problem, and none of the techs at my dealership are well-versed enough in the FRS to know how the tranny should behave. Plus the service manager is very, very keen on not helping me out with this problem, so I've just decided to live with it and dump the car as soon as trade-in value can pay off the remainder of my finance.

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

You're referring to the hard downshift issue? I've never had that. Or any other problems. Haven't even heard any crickets!
My dealer here in Norway says there are no and have never been any TSB's and my car ('13 GT86 A/T) has all the latest software.
And since I have no technical or software problems whatsoever, apart from a minor issue with the satnav (was fixed), I don't feel entitled to complain...
So I don't know. There's something weird going on, for sure.

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

Shitty

Originally Posted by Cole

No, it's separate from the ECU

Originally Posted by Cole

It's a TCM reflash

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

I'm not sure what this TSB or whatnot is but can't you just import it and swap it in?

Originally Posted by Cole

I've also adjusted my seat to this video.

When I was buying, I test drove the MT and at first I didn't like the gearbox, but then by the time I was back on the street the dealership was on, I was very happy with it, and found some of the more common "quirks" about it.

Ended up buying the AT (long story about a girl who is no longer part of my life) and I'm still finding I have to modify my driving habits to get the most of it. Though, I think the AT has more quirks than the MT at this point, until Toyota Canada decides to introduce that stupid TSB for the AT that all the 'Mericans get.

I literally had the hard downshift at 400 miles of owning the car and was so damn angry because the service attendants and manager all said it was "normal" even though the mechanic said it wasn't. It was the most aggravating thing instead of them actually trying to contact someone else higher up to get some help for it they just said it was normal. Then the TSB comes out, I print it out and they say oh I guess Toyota figured it out so I go on tech-stream and upload it for the forum and everyone else with the same damn ridiculous TCM problem. The problem is the logic doesn't communicate properly so they update the software in the TCM from AQF5DC70 to AQF5DCB0. Personally, it feels completely better now the shifts in manual mode are slightly quicker, and in drive it's smoother, not only that the low/weird idle is completely gone and no more failure to rev match. I hope canada gets it soon.