...Also do you change drivers alot? Say back and forth from you>>>and the wife or SO. It does "learn" drivers and for a little while will >>>be a little strange...>>

jdoe wrote:>>>

Heh heh!. On the 300M Enthusiasts Club forums, the opinion was >>>occasionally expressed that the "learned" condition eventualy becomes >>>sluggish and strange-behaving under certain driving conditions. A year >>>or two ago, a "how to" was posted on adding a relay in the power center >>>in the 300M to cut power to the TCM when the ignition was off to revert >>>back to the unlearned state each and every time time the vehicle was >>>started. I thought about doing that on my Concorde.>>>

The OP might try pulling the fuse for 20 minutes to see if accummulated >>>and confused learning is the problem. Occassionally resetting by pulling >>>the correct fuse might be a solution.

I don't think that's a good idea as it not only learns shift patterns but >>>clutch volumes etc. and making it go through this all the time may not be >>>a "good thing" ­

Which may be why he removed the "how to" from his link.>>>

I'm glad you mentioned that though. When I had my Concord's TCM >>>reflashed a couple of years ago due to a firmware update, after the tech >>>finished that, they told me it would be a few minutes more for him to do >>>a "calibration" (that's the word they used). I asked them what that was, >>>and they said that it did things like calibrate the cup volumes (maybe >>>they said clutch volumes, but I thought they said cup volumes). Anyway - >>>I was left wondering if that was some special operation they performed in >>>addition to the firmware upgrade and the resetting of the TCM, or if it >>>was in fact an inherent result of them resetting the TCM.>>>

Can you shed some light on that?>>>

Bill Putney>>>(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my >>>adddress with the letter 'x')>>>

jdoe wrote:>>>