My transmission jumps in a lower gear when entering a steep hill,

YES , does not lower engine speed mean better gas economics??

who is talking lower engine speed ???

Edward, don't fret about it...ziptie likes to f... with me by trying to make me sound wrong. We all know that upshift = higher engine RPM.

NOT downshifting would keep it at lower RPMs , Sorry I didn't clarify. So it sounds like , from further description , that your more concerned about what's happening AFTER the initial downshift- a delay in returning to the higher gears until well after the load situation is gone?

exactly

Get REFERENCES to a REPUTABLE trans. shop , and have scanned AND test driven to CONFIRM symptom.Sounds like poss. a faulty pressure switch or shift solenoid (electrical fault NOT mechanical) at this time. THANK YOU for replying to my wise crack , so we could clear up the symptom description!

thank you,ED

Please reply with the results! Or at least something to let ziptie know he's an idiot!

It only has 62000 miles and the fluid is the colour it should be with no burn smell..Yes it goes in as it should on the hills but the problem is it`s not shifting out of 3rd and into 4th when it should