bad tranny?

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

so today i was driving home and my "service engine" light pops on. so i come to a stop light and go to accelerate and it wont go into 3rd gear. it goes in 2nd fine. after second, i have to get up to 40 mph to get it into 4th. does my tranny need to be flushed or replaced? thanks.

oh its a 1995 saturn SL1, automatic, 65k miles.

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[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like a bad tranny to me.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

hoe does it get out of first and in to gear

sounds like a tranny and not a clutch issue

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

first the alt, now the tranny. lul

 

[05trailblazer 10+ year member]

umm automatic trans don't have a clutch, just manual trans.

hoe does it get out of first and in to gear
sounds like a tranny and not a clutch issue

 

[optimusprime 10+ year member]

at least its easy to work on?

 

[05trailblazer 10+ year member]

if you had expirience is a piece of cake if you haven't then its a pain in the a55. are you going to change the whole transmission ? or a sineloid?

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

if you had expirience is a piece of cake if you haven't then its a pain in the a55. are you going to change the whole transmission ? or a sineloid?

whatever will fix it

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

sounds like its prolly a tranny problem (could be something more minor... but its hard to tell, with it just having started)... word of advice tho, just be careful about the shop you take it too... one of the oldest tricks in the book, for rip off shops atleast, is to just flush the tranny... it makes it run great for 50-100 miles, then runs even worse then before... seen it multiple times

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

sounds like its prolly a tranny problem (could be something more minor... but its hard to tell, with it just having started)... word of advice tho, just be careful about the shop you take it too... one of the oldest tricks in the book, for rip off shops atleast, is to just flush the tranny... it makes it run great for 50-100 miles, then runs even worse then before... seen it multiple times

will a popular auto place recommend it? for example, gattos.

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

umm automatic trans don't have a clutch, just manual trans.

Wrong.... auto boxes have clutches on the inside //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

anyone that recommends a flush right away, before even looking at the problem, i would stay away from... sometimes a flush can fix problems... but due to the fact that the tranny is a closed system, its more time then not not going to do the job... alot of people think that a flush is a cure-all.. but most likely, with just a flush, the problem will go away for a lil bit, and then rear its ugly head again down the road. almost impossible to diagnose over the web tho... best advice i can give you, if the problem continues to happen, is to take it to a reputable shop, and have them look at it

 

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Wrong.... auto boxes have clutches on the inside //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

agreed... autos usually have multiple clutch plates... thats one of the reasons their such a pain to work on

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

start calling ur local junkyards for a used one man

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

umm automatic trans don't have a clutch, just manual trans.

Wrong just not a pedal...

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

I'm surprised nobody said it yet but get the fu ck'n codes checked first. It's obviously something electrical causing the trans to act up. Some of you guys are to quick to jump at " uuuuuh the trans busted bro" when you have no ******* idea how to even change you're own god dam oil..