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Thanks. Now how do I go about locating one of these TSB's? Also, does anyone have any other info. on this problem?

Thanks for the reply. Now I just need to know what a TSB is. Anyone? Or anyone have more input about this issue? Thanks, Kelly

I posted a reply to someone else about this, but I saw this post and am confused by the acronyms here. What's a TSB and what's a CEL? I'm having the same problem with the bucking and not being able to make a smooth transition from accel to decel. The service dept. guy at the dealership says it's the design of the car and that his Outback does it too. I had the computer reset the other day and tried to get the problem to happen again yesterday but couldn't, so it may have fixed my problem. I'm just curious what CEL is and what the TSB's are to search for my car. I'd like to be as informed as possible about this so I can make sure it's taken care of if it's a problem. Thanks, Kelly

I bought a 2003 Baja about a month ago. It was a demo, got a really good deal on it. When I road tested the car, it drove fine. When I brought it home, I noticed the bucking when driving between 30-40 mph and trying to accel or decel (mostly happens when accelling after coasting). Took it back to the dealer and the service dept. said it's the design of the car and that they hooked the transmission up to their computer and everything was running within specs. Service said if it happens again, to bring it back and they'll reset the computer (I assume that's what the ECU is?). Took it back the other day and had it reset, the service guy said that his Outback does it too, but I don't know if this is normal. Only drove it once since the computer was reset and couldn't get it to happen even when trying, so I'll have to see how it works out when driving it again. The service guy said it was possible that since it was a demo, the person driving it might have been doing all city driving and it "learned" to the way that person drove. I do mostly highway driving and he said that could be the problem. I see some people saying that they've had to reset the ECU multiple times to remedy this? It seems crazy that these cars can't accel or decel smoothly without tampering with the ECU. Any comments? Thanks, Kelly