I have an 07 HCHII with close to 28K miles. Recently I have noticed what I consider to be a hesitation in the CVT. Most noticeable when I first start up in the morning and switch to Reverse. Car hesitates and the CVT seems to not engage. Then when putting into Drive for the first time--same thing. Once underway, seems fine with an occasional hesitation pulling away from a stop. Auto Stop seems fine when restarting and moving forward.

Is it the need for CVT service or something bigger? Anyone try a synthetic version of CVT oil?

TDSOUP

For whatever reason, it just does that. Even my wife's Ridgeline acts this way, though less noticeably. My '89 Accord auto did the same thing. You can check the CVT fluid level per the instructions in the manual but that behavior is normal until the car warms up. Have you changed your CVT fluid yet? Mine was kind of jerky starting around 22K miles and the hesitation seemed to worsen until I changed the fluid x2 (not x3 like the book says). This did seem to help a bit.

This is normal when the temps get down to - figures.H

Yes, this happens to me. I'm not worried.

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