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1 Recently, automatic transmissions (AT) have been developed to have more step numbers to improve their power transmitting efficiency for better fuel consumption. Due to the increased steps, the frequency of engaging and disengaging of wet clutches and brakes in an AT is getting higher. And then the required characteristics for a clutch is not only to make a smooth engagement but also to react smoothly in the process of disengagement, due to the clutch-to-clutch type shift strategy. Although there have been many researches on the engaging process, however, few have been done for the clutch behavior in the disengagement process so far. Regarding the process of disengagement of a clutch, a phenomenon described below has been observed and reported which leads to a kind of shock during a shift.