Maybe im seeing wrong (which im hoping thats all it is) but I notice when my 04 Civic auto trans is really hot (has 60k km on it) that theres been a few instances lately when I would shift at exactly 2500rpms and I noticed shifting from 2nd to 3rd that it will have a really mushy shift and flare about 100rpms. Id say over the past few days, maybe 200 shifts into 3rd and its done it three times.

But whenever i shift into 3rd at the next level which is 2800-2900rpms, it shifts really hard and you can literally feel the car lock into gear when it does it.

Ill have to keep monitoring it but someone let me know, thanks.