Adaptive Shift Control
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Montego and 2006 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The TCM has an adaptive learning strategy to electronically control the transaxle which will automatically adjust the shift feel. The first few hundred miles of operation of the transaxle may have abrupt shifting. This is a normal operation. If the battery has been disconnected for any reason it will need to be kept disconnected for approximately 20 minutes to reset the adaptive shift pressure strategy or use the scan tool to carry out the keep alive memory (KAM) reset.