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White14SS · 04-10-2014, 11:01 AM

So I just bought my 2014 ss and I plan on getting the skip shift eliminator. My question is when my car says the 1-4 on the screen should I still be able to go into second? It still let's me shift smoothly into second is that normal on the 14's?

White14SS · 04-10-2014, 01:50 PM

My buddy's 2010 used to lock him out and had to go to 4th but mine let's me go right into second no problem. Is this normal for the 2014?

Apex Motorsports · 04-10-2014, 03:48 PM

No, you should be locked out. Sounds like it already has a Skip Shift Eliminator on it.

ckaram · 04-10-2014, 04:42 PM

Sometimes the screen will flash the 1-4 message but you likely accelerated enough to bypass the "lock out".

Happens to me frequently. Majority of the time I'm locked out. BTW I don't use the skip shift eliminator. I've learned to swiftly move it over as if going to 4th but then go right to 2nd and you're not locked out. Also, jumping to 3rd instead of 4th is very easy and you don't bog.

jrhagen · 04-10-2014, 04:43 PM

It is a V8 Camaro. Stop driving so slow as to activate the skip shift.

MikeOD · 04-10-2014, 05:22 PM

When mine still had it enabled (for only 1 hour of my entire time owning it), when the message popped up on the screen, if my hand moved fast enough, the shifter would be in 2 anyways before the solenoid had me blocked out...if I was slow it didn't. That's probably all that's happening.

Tune it to remove it...then you'll never see the message on the dash either.

White14SS · 04-10-2014, 08:47 PM

Thanks. I know it can't have it already it was brand new with 4 miles. I must just be going to second before it can lock me out because it never has. I'll run the eliminator till I get tuned.

04-10-2014, 11:01 AM	#1
White14SS Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 159	skip shift question So I just bought my 2014 ss and I plan on getting the skip shift eliminator. My question is when my car says the 1-4 on the screen should I still be able to go into second? It still let's me shift smoothly into second is that normal on the 14's?

04-10-2014, 04:42 PM	#4
ckaram Drives: 2011 2SS RS, 1968 ragtop Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,850	Sometimes the screen will flash the 1-4 message but you likely accelerated enough to bypass the "lock out". Happens to me frequently. Majority of the time I'm locked out. BTW I don't use the skip shift eliminator. I've learned to swiftly move it over as if going to 4th but then go right to 2nd and you're not locked out. Also, jumping to 3rd instead of 4th is very easy and you don't bog. __________________ 1968 Camaro Convertible LS1, T56

04-10-2014, 05:22 PM	#6
MikeOD Drives: 2010 M6 2SS Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: South Windsor, CT Posts: 1,202	When mine still had it enabled (for only 1 hour of my entire time owning it), when the message popped up on the screen, if my hand moved fast enough, the shifter would be in 2 anyways before the solenoid had me blocked out...if I was slow it didn't. That's probably all that's happening. Tune it to remove it...then you'll never see the message on the dash either. __________________ 2010 Camaro SS M6. Heads/Cam/Intake/Headers/Exhaust/Suspension

04-10-2014, 01:50 PM	#2
White14SS Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 159	My buddy's 2010 used to lock him out and had to go to 4th but mine let's me go right into second no problem. Is this normal for the 2014?

04-10-2014, 03:48 PM	#3
Apex Motorsports Drives: 2000 Camaro SS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky. Posts: 25,179	No, you should be locked out. Sounds like it already has a Skip Shift Eliminator on it.

04-10-2014, 04:43 PM	#5
jrhagen Banned Drives: Camaro Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: USA Posts: 2,701	It is a V8 Camaro. Stop driving so slow as to activate the skip shift.

04-10-2014, 08:47 PM	#7
White14SS Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 159	Thanks. I know it can't have it already it was brand new with 4 miles. I must just be going to second before it can lock me out because it never has. I'll run the eliminator till I get tuned.