[pt29999]

It feels like something is grabbing the transmission and stopping it intermittently

I have 11k miles on mine and everything, including the transmission, has been flawless. I will say that the DCT sometimes feels like a straight shift car from a stop when going up a hill. I can feel the clutch slightly when it’s engaging and occasionally I feel a very, very slight shudder from a stop on a hill just like the clutch on a straight shift car. Once underway the gear changes are buttery smooth.

I just got back from an 1100 mile trip which included an hour of stop and go traffic. The stop and go function worked very well and the car did all the work with me just letting it do its thing. I got 28.1 mpg with AWD and the cruise set at 74, including the stop and go traffic. Not bad in my book, especially for a loaded down car.