2005 Ford 500 Hesitates and down shifting problems

[bmkj02]

I have an 2005 500 Limited 2wd and noticed a week ago that from a stop when I give it gas it like hesitates and then takes off. While I am driving it it drives fine. When coming to a stop I can feel it down shifting and I was never able to feel it doing that before. Any ideas anyone???
Thanks for any help

[stv840]

The five hundred has a shiftless transmision and shouldn't do that there is a trans sensor that may have gone bad i'm not sure if it is related to the hesitation but if the warrenty is still on i'd see the dealer

[reino134]

only the awd models have a cvt or shiftless tranny, fwd models have a 6 speed automatic

[tedhontz]

Originally Posted by reino134

only the awd models have a cvt or shiftless tranny, fwd models have a 6 speed automatic

Mine too has this issue with the 6 speed. Another thread on here mentions its just normal but now that mine has 99K it seems to be getting more noticeable. Any suggestions?