Electronic Pressure Control (EPC) Solenoid

This solenoid is a variable-force style (VFS) solenoid. The VFS-type solenoid is an electro-hydraulic actuator combining a solenoid and a regulating valve. It supplies electronic pressure control (EPC) solenoid which regulates transaxle line pressure and line modulator pressure. This is done by producing resisting forces to the main regulator and line modulator circuits. These two pressures control clutch application pressures.

The powertrain control module (PCM) has an adaptive learn 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 clear the transmission keep alive memory (KAM) tables.