My 2006 AT 4.0 Rubicon has had the hard shift when the transmission is cold going from 1st to 2nd for the last 2 months. It had a new/referb? PCM when I got it and wasn’t something on my radar when I made the purchase, I thought you could just go to the dealer and get one so I was just happy to know it was new. Anyway, the shifts aren’t a big deal it only shifts hard a couple times until it warms up and is not throwing any codes. Disconnecting the battery fixes things for a hundred miles or so then hard shifts return. It also feels at times like it skips first gear and is sluggish off the line. I go off alone a lot so dependability is pretty high on my list of concerns and while this isn’t usually a problem to get you stranded I have a hard time ignoring things like this as breakdown are always on the back of my mind.
So I’ve been wanting to get my PCM repaired but since it still works great for the most part I have been reluctant to just pull it out and ship it off to the PCM lottery, so I sucked up and dropped $1000. on a rebuilt PCM from a company called “flagship one” they have a lot of eBay reviews and only a couple of negative comments and those weren’t from the high dollar tj pcm. They don’t require any core return and promise a lifetime warranty, I’m planning on keeping my old PCM as a spair since it seems fine for the most part. Should have the new part within the week and I’ll let you know how things go for me.