tranny shifting hard

Ok i have an 01 intrigue 3.5 in it has 80K miles on it well i took in in to a great spot to have pan dropped and filter changed lol had to tell the guy had reusable gasket on it lol anyway thought that would fix it nope still shifts hard not all the time though listen ill explain i live in illinois and its been 80 to 90s k then it dropps back down in the 50s k well i went to go to walmart which is about 3 to 5 miles from me 5 stop light have to go through to get there the car runs fine till i get out of walmart bout after 30 to hour in store tops come out start car leave and boom almost immediatly the car starts to shift hard into 2nd 3rd and od but does not shift hard on downshifting can anyone tell me if they had same prob thanks

This shoud be scanned for trans codes to start out with, an ordinary scanner will not pick up some of these codes, though. There are some common issues with this trans but the codes are necessary, if any, to proceed.

It sounds like the ever-common pressure control solenoid, but get it scanned to be sure at your GM dealer.

try lube-guard (Napa) ~$13 + you need to remove some of that tranny fluid due to the LubeGuard replacement. Did that guy clean out the tranny pan sludge = that's why you do it yourself. Try manually shifting it some and see if that helps. Hopefully the problem will go away, if not you need to go to a GM dealer to get those tranny codes read (as said before).

Go thru your Intrigue owner's manual for the correct tranny fluid height. Use that procedure and make sure the fluid height is correct = your's may be low (not enough fluid).

Not necessary to go to the dealer, our Snap -On mtg2500 scanner with the trans cartridge will do bi -directional testing and scan trans functions, many independents have this unit, key here is how good are the people using it.

Not necessary to go to the dealer, our Snap -On mtg2500 scanner with the trans cartridge will do bi -directional testing and scan trans functions, many independents have this unit, key here is how good are the people using it.

I agree Shep. My Actron CP9145 odb-ii scanner which has GM extended codes will read out typical tranny DTCs like P07XX - P18XX.

Look for a stored DTC of P1811 (Maximum Adapt and Long Shift) to confirm a possible flaky PCS solenoid. Does not trigger a SES/CEL light.

Ok where would be a great place to go and get one of those scanners i know they are not cheap

Amazon has them for $200