My 2012 Holden Colorado has a vibration issue. The vibration occurs between 80 and 100 km/h when going uphill. I can eliminate it by switching to manual to shift to a lower gear, but in standard automatic it will sit in sixth and not change down. Would this be a torque converter issue as I've just had the gearbox flushed and new fluid put in and it still does it.
Your problem could well be torque converter-related, but it could also be something else inside the transmission. The fact that the transmission will not shift back out of sixth gear even going uphill, suggests that there’s – in theory least – a problem with the electronics or hydraulics that control the shifting patterns. That the transmission is also shuddering is either a symptom caused by the same problem, or a result of a second fault in the unit.
It always raises suspicions when a problem crops up just after a vehicle has been serviced, and sometimes that suspicion is well placed. Have you double-checked the level of fluid in the transmission since it was flushed and refilled? Incorrect fluid levels can cause the sorts of problems you’re seeing. So can the incorrect grade of type of fluid used. You should check both these things first and move on from there if they check out okay.