Here's what happened...

While driving home to lunch yesterday afternoon on the Expressway going about 50 mph, the car jerked forward REALLY hard and the RPM's shot up to about 5000. I looked down and I was in 3rd Gear!? So I try to put back into 4th and it won't shift! I slow down and stop at the light. Now it won't downshift into 2nd or 1st! So here I am stuck in 3rd gear at a complete stop, and the car is shaking really bad and the idle is really low, so I put the car in Neutral and wait for the green light and the idle goes normal and the car stops shaking. I put it back into Drive and it starts shaking again, so I put it into Manual Mode and it is still in 3rd!! So I pull over at a Shopping Center and turn the car off and wait for a minute. I start the car again, and everything is still happening! I limp it home, and call the dealership. After lunch, I go start it, put it in Drive and everything is fine. It is now at the dealership, and I am awaiting for what they say. The best thing is this happened in January and the dealership wouldn't do anything because they can't recreate the problem. So, I have a feeling that is what they are going to say again.

What should I do in this situation!? Also, have any of you with Auto's had any problems like this?

 

you need to get it checked out by a mazda technician. it's a new tranny so it might have some problems. i dont think anyone will help you on this board. you need the tranny serviced by mazda.
i drive a 5speed though.

 

I know that no one will be able to help me on the board, I was asking if anyone has experienced or heard of similar problems with the Sportmatic Transmission. As I said in my post the car is at dealership since it is only 8 months old and has less than 7000 miles on it. I was just asking for suggestions if they try to pull the "We can't recreate the problem" stunt again. Like I said, this is the 2nd time within 5 months that this has happened.
I think that I will be going back to 5-speed if this doesn't work out.