Healthy
Transmission Tip #4.
TWENTY
INDICATORS OF POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION TROUBLE
 Transmission
problems can take several forms. Each symptom
may have a number of possible causes, some requiring
extensive repairs while others will only need
an adjustment or minor service. A systematic
check up by a Professional is usually necessary
to establish the cause of operating problems
and their solutions, including any of the following:
1. Delayed
Engagement in drive or reverse when the vehicle
is cold. Also called "Morning Sickness".
Vehicle won’t move or shifts late during the
first few minutes of operation.
2. Doesn’t
Go in Drive or Reverse. You place the shift
lever in drive or reverse and nothing happens.
3. Doesn’t
Go in Any Shift Lever Position. Even racing
the engine won’t move the vehicle.
4. Slippage.
Engine races but vehicle moves slowly or won’t
accelerate as it should.
5. Fresh
Fluid Stains Under the Vehicle.
6. Shifting
at Improper Speed Levels. Any noticeable
early or late shifting.
7. Passing
Gear Won’t Engage. You get no surge of power
when you press the pedal to the floor.
8. Rough
Shifting, Clunking into Gear. Noise or harsh
feeling when transmission is placed in gear
or while shifting from one gear to another.
9. Erratic
Shifting. Shifts are sometimes unexpected.
Speed at which shifts occur keeps changing.
10. Vehicle
Moves Forward or Backward in Neutral (N).
11. Vehicle
tries to move in Park (P).
12. Vehicle
Labors or Stalls on Take Off.
13. Engine
Braking (a function that uses the transmission
to slow the car on long down hill slopes or
in snow or icy conditions) does not work
in one or more shifter positions.
14.
A "Check Engine" or "Service Engine Soon" light
is shining on your dashboard.
15.
The Shift handle is hard to move in or out of
any position.
16.
The Shift indicator must be slightly off P or
N to start car.
17.
The Shift indicator doesn’t point to the proper
range.
18.
Strange noises of any kind.
19.
A burnt or rancid odor coming from under the
hood or underneath the vehicle.
20.
Excessive amounts of debris found in the transmission
pan during an inspection.
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