P0896
Shift Time Too Long
- Severity
- High
- Driving
- Drive only to a garage
Shifts are taking longer than the module expects. A shift that drags means the clutch is slipping while it engages instead of gripping cleanly, and every one of those slow shifts wears the friction material. This is the more damaging of the two shift timing codes.
Possible causes
- CommonLow or degraded transmission fluid
- CommonLow line pressure
- CommonWorn clutch pack or band
- CommonFailing pressure control solenoid
- PossibleSticking valve in the valve body
- PossibleInternal seal leak bleeding pressure away
What you might notice
- Slow, drawn-out shifts
- Engine speed flaring between gears
- Slipping under load
- Burnt smell
- Limp mode
What to check, in order
- Check the fluid level and condition first, and look for clutch material.
- A line pressure test tells you whether the hydraulics can deliver what the clutches need.
- Read all codes. Ratio codes alongside this one identify which clutch is slipping.
- Check the filter if it has never been changed.
- Do not put off this repair. Every slow shift wears the clutch further, and the fault gets worse at an accelerating rate.
Read this code from your own car
Plug an ELM327 adapter into the OBD-II port under the dashboard. Pin16 reads every stored, pending and permanent code, explains each one like this page does — offline, with no account — and shows what the car recorded when the fault was set.
Where this code sits
P00xxP01xxP02xxP03xxP04xxP05xxP06xxP07xxP08xxP09xxP0AxxP0BxxP0CxxP0DxxP0ExxP0FxxP10xxP11xxP12xxP13xxP14xxP15xxP16xxP17xxP18xxP19xxP1AxxP1BxxP1CxxP1DxxP1ExxP1FxxP20xxP21xxP22xxP23xxP24xxP25xxP26xxP27xxP28xxP29xxP2AxxP2BxxP2CxxP2DxxP2ExxP2FxxP30xxP31xxP32xxP33xxP34xxP35xxP36xxP37xxP38xxP39xxP3AxxP3BxxP3CxxP3DxxP3ExxP3Fxx
Transmission
P0800P0801P0802P0803P0804P0805P0806P0807P0808P0809P0810P0811P0812P0813P0814P0815P0816P0817P0818P0819P0820P0821P0822P0823P0824P0825P0826P0827P0828P0829P0830P0831P0832P0833P0834P0835P0836P0837P0838P0839P0840P0841P0842P0843P0844P0845P0846P0847P0848P0849P0850P0851P0852P0853P0854P0855P0856P0857P0858P0859P0860P0861P0862P0863P0864P0865P0866P0867P0868P0869P0870P0871P0872P0873P0874P0875P0876P0877P0878P0879P0880P0881P0882P0883P0884P0885P0886P0887P0888P0889P0890P0891P0892P0893P0894P0895P0896P0897P0898P0899