I guess I can't hear it or see what you're talking about. One thing to keep in mind is this transmission is similar to a manual transmission in a pick up truck or sports car. Have you ever driven a manual transmission vehicle and left a vehicle in fourth gear and slow down to a stop sign and forgot to push the clutch in? You'll notice the vehicle start shaking as the engine is lugging at a lower rpm. I believe that's what the pioneer does. When the clutch engages at 2 miles an hour the engine is lugging it does vibrate a little bit. On my vehicle, that also seem to be greatly reduced as the vehicle got broke in.
It is really only noticeable in the first 3 or so seconds of the video when I first start out. If you watch the edge of the bed you can see it vibrating pretty significantly.
Yes, it is very similar to lugging a manual. Almost exactly like feathering a clutch if you have had to stop on a hill where you have to have 3 feet all working at the same time to keep from rolling back on the people behind you.
I just got back from doing more experiments. It does it even if you really punch the gas. I gave it enough throttle that it actually shifted into 2nd gear in less than a vehicle length and lifted the front tires and scared my wife to death. The difference was that it took less time to stop vibrating and the vibration was harder. My wife in it with me this time and she said it was very noticeable and recommends that we take it back to the dealer or at least send them the videos.
I told her that I was trying to figure out if this is normal or not before I did.
If this is how it is designed to work and I am not damaging the clutch, it doesn't bother me. If I am damaging the clutch every time I have to stop on a hill, I am going to have to get something else because I have nothing but hills where I live.
So does everything think this is normal and I won't be replacing clutch plates at 500 miles?
