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Montducati · 04-25-2012, 07:57 AM

I noticed in the manual for the LS3 that there is a display indicator on the dash that will light up at certain times telling you to shift from 1st to 4th in lieu of 2nd.

What's the issue with this and can you really damage the transmission if you shift to 2nd when the indicator is displayed?

The Stig · 04-25-2012, 07:59 AM

It's skip shift. Helps you save gas, or it's supposed to anyway. Yes you can damage your tranny if you force the car into 2nd.

SB09 · 04-25-2012, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by stieger

It's skip shift. Helps you save gas, or it's supposed to anyway. Yes you can damage your tranny if you force the car into 2nd.

This, if you really don't like it you can purchase a "skip-shift eliminator." Enter that into the search bar and all the information you need should come up.

onechuck · 04-25-2012, 08:01 AM

Just go and gets some mods and then get it tuned out or buy a skip shift eliminator for about $20

LS3 SS · 04-25-2012, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by onechuck

Just go and gets some mods and then get it tuned out or buy a skip shift eliminator for about $20

strych9 · 04-25-2012, 08:03 AM

ZED SLED · 04-25-2012, 08:03 AM

Probably. It's there for CAFE standards to avoid paying a gas guzzler tax. Very easy to defeat. You can buy a skip shift eliminator from several vendors on here and e-bay. Some people will tell you to just buy a 10 cent resistor from Radio Shack but that's easier said than done if you want to do it right. The SSE cost $12-25 depending on where you get it. You'll also get some comments like just go faster so it doesn't come on. Those people evidently don't understand physics, you know, 2 objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

GlennP · 04-25-2012, 08:05 AM

Drove me NUTS, got it tuned out and the world is a better place now...lol

The first time it came on I was like oh hell may as well try it, they wouldnt do it if it didnt work...

...my poor car was trying to lug along at 500 RPMs and it didnt like it one bit!

I would still take skip shift to avoid gas guzzler tax instead of the L99. $20 fix vs...

onechuck · 04-25-2012, 08:06 AM

If you shift your car from 1st to second at about 2000 rpms you will never see it

CCbusa09 · 04-25-2012, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by onechuck

If you shift your car from 1st to second at about 2000 rpms you will never see it

Hannibal · 04-25-2012, 08:08 AM

I've gone from first to third when that annoying light came on. Never seems to be a problem.

joes407 · 04-25-2012, 08:09 AM

i have a heavyier foot so i only see the skip shift thingy making a left at a light behind someone slow. you can go first to 3rd though and it wont bog down so bad. or do what i do and take off with 25% or more throttle and youll never see it.

Nameless · 04-25-2012, 08:52 AM

It's weird but for the first 1000 miles I never got the message. I kept trying to get it to come on..... so i know what it does and how the car reacts.

Well I finally got it a couple times... like someone said if you are following a person going really slow. Eliminator has definitely been added to my mod list.... how annoying!

2001ragtop · 04-25-2012, 09:04 AM

The lock-out shift mechanism has been like this since 1993 for a Camaro SS.

Did you time travel here

04-25-2012, 07:57 AM	#1
Montducati Drives: 45th Edition SS, Ducati Diavel, 996 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 239	LS3 SS Shift 1st to 4th!! I noticed in the manual for the LS3 that there is a display indicator on the dash that will light up at certain times telling you to shift from 1st to 4th in lieu of 2nd. What's the issue with this and can you really damage the transmission if you shift to 2nd when the indicator is displayed? __________________ 2012 45th Edition SS LS3 Hurst equipped Bowtie!! What Bowtie??

04-25-2012, 07:59 AM	#2
The Stig knows 2 facts about ducks Drives: ...and they're both wrong Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The HMS Invincible Posts: 25,072 View My Garage	It's skip shift. Helps you save gas, or it's supposed to anyway. Yes you can damage your tranny if you force the car into 2nd. __________________

04-25-2012, 08:03 AM	#6
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04-25-2012, 08:03 AM	#7
ZED SLED Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South of Raleigh, NC Posts: 9,487 View My Garage	Probably. It's there for CAFE standards to avoid paying a gas guzzler tax. Very easy to defeat. You can buy a skip shift eliminator from several vendors on here and e-bay. Some people will tell you to just buy a 10 cent resistor from Radio Shack but that's easier said than done if you want to do it right. The SSE cost $12-25 depending on where you get it. You'll also get some comments like just go faster so it doesn't come on. Those people evidently don't understand physics, you know, 2 objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. __________________

04-25-2012, 08:05 AM	#8
GlennP Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Posts: 373	Drove me NUTS, got it tuned out and the world is a better place now...lol The first time it came on I was like oh hell may as well try it, they wouldnt do it if it didnt work... ...my poor car was trying to lug along at 500 RPMs and it didnt like it one bit! I would still take skip shift to avoid gas guzzler tax instead of the L99. $20 fix vs... __________________

04-25-2012, 08:01 AM	#4
onechuck Onechuck Drives: 2010 Camaro IBM 2SS\RS SC & Cammed Join Date: May 2009 Location: White Oak Tx Posts: 503	Just go and gets some mods and then get it tuned out or buy a skip shift eliminator for about $20

04-25-2012, 08:06 AM	#9
onechuck Onechuck Drives: 2010 Camaro IBM 2SS\RS SC & Cammed Join Date: May 2009 Location: White Oak Tx Posts: 503	If you shift your car from 1st to second at about 2000 rpms you will never see it

04-25-2012, 08:08 AM	#11
Hannibal Drives: Camaro SS & ZL1 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 527	I've gone from first to third when that annoying light came on. Never seems to be a problem.

04-25-2012, 08:09 AM	#12
joes407 Drives: 2014 ZL1m6 red hot #569 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: florida Posts: 2,422	i have a heavyier foot so i only see the skip shift thingy making a left at a light behind someone slow. you can go first to 3rd though and it wont bog down so bad. or do what i do and take off with 25% or more throttle and youll never see it.

04-25-2012, 08:52 AM	#13
Nameless Drives: : Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 200 View My Garage	It's weird but for the first 1000 miles I never got the message. I kept trying to get it to come on..... so i know what it does and how the car reacts. Well I finally got it a couple times... like someone said if you are following a person going really slow. Eliminator has definitely been added to my mod list.... how annoying! __________________ 2012 SS - Summit White 1996 RS - Summit White

04-25-2012, 09:04 AM	#14
2001ragtop Drives: V8 american car Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 1,417	The lock-out shift mechanism has been like this since 1993 for a Camaro SS. Did you time travel here