Is my transmission fucked?

"WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe" (wesbarton89)
05/05/2015 at 19:22 • Filed to: None

It won’t go out of first gear after sitting at a stoplight or idling. Turn it off, back on, it works slightly, but then doesn’t work after that. At first it was intermittent but now it’s constant. Transmission bad altogether? Shifter cable, vacuum lines, computer issues? Fluid is good. It’s a 4 speed automatic. Wondering if maybe the trans is just overheating but I’m lost. And pissed off. Please give advice!

DISCUSSION (20)

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:26

I test drove a 73 Cutlass once with a TH350. It stayed in first until I reconnected a vacuum line.

Bandit > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:29

What trans?

tromoly > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:31

Get it looked at immediately. Same thing was happening in my dads truck but with third gear, tranny shop said it would take around $1300 to fix. ‘cause the problem was internal.

So yeah, get it looked at.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > Bandit
05/05/2015 at 19:33

2000 Infiniti I30.

RE4F04B. Without limited slip.

dogisbadob > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:34

What car? What trans? How many miles?

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > dogisbadob
05/05/2015 at 19:38

2000 I30. 4 speed auto. 253k.

jkm7680 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:40

Original trans?

dogisbadob > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:41

aaah cool cool. My 96 I30 has about the same miles, but the trans is good.

Are there any codes? Even if the CEL isn’t on you could have some transmission-related codes.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > jkm7680
05/05/2015 at 19:42

Yes.

PowderHound > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:44

Ever change the fluid?

jkm7680 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:45

Well,

1. That’s a sign of damn good quality!

2. It’s probably a bit tired, check A/T fluid.

PS9 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:54

Sounds bad. Here’s what you need to do;

Replace transmission and motor while your at it

Swap in VQ

attach 6 speed manual

attach turbocharger and get a tune

MAKE THE FARTCAN CIVIC CLUB CRY MOAR

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 19:55

Can you override it with the L-2-3 selections on the gear lever? If so, it’s probably a shift point sensor, and it’s fucked unless you want to spend more than the value of the car on it. I’d just treat it like a semi-manual until it dies completely.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
05/05/2015 at 20:13

That does no good :(

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
05/05/2015 at 20:13

But a transmission with 92k miles would set me back only $275.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > PS9
05/05/2015 at 20:14

Already has a vq :D

105 HP of fury > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 20:22

So you’re on to step 3 then!

Amoore100 > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/05/2015 at 21:27

Hey, that’s not bad if it makes your car driveable for a long time after....

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe
05/06/2015 at 07:33

If it works and hasn’t been sitting forever, that might not be a bad idea. I still can’t view mid-high mileage autos as anything other than time bombs, though.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
05/06/2015 at 07:59

There’s always that potential. But I’ve good luck with the car in general. And that other car with the transmission was wrecked fairly recently and is at a pick and pull. 250k+ miles on one transmission is pretty impressive though, time bomb or not.