I have an update on this issue. I recently brought my car to te dealership for some warranty work which required the tech to test drive the car. Apparently he noticed the same thing that I did, and it is fixed now! The car does still back off power when the clutch is depressed, but it is MUCH smoother than it used to be. I also had bogging when I would drop to second coming out of a turn, and now it doesn't. My car now drives the way it is supposed to drive, which is amazing! If anyone is having similar problems, take a tech for a test drive with you and point it out to him, and they should be able to fix it. I can't get an answer from my dealership for what they did to correct this, but if my service writer finds out, he'll let me know, and I will post it here.