Transmission problems

tdrace92 · Post by **tdrace92** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:23 am

i have a 2003 vibe with 160k miles on it. This morning i started the car up and started driving away. As i got up into higher rpms it seemed to slip like a clutch was going out but it is automatic. so i just kept on driving to see if it would go away. this proceeded to get worse and worse and soon it wouldnt even shift into 2nd. once i got home i notice at idle it had a very loud metal on metal sound. i checked the bolts on the flywheel that conect the flywheel and torque convertor, two of the bolts were loose. i tightened the bolts and the noise went away. I then took it out to see if that fixed my problem, but it didnt and before i left i noticed that it wouldnt shirt to reverse or nutral. but as i left it still would shift into second and still was slipping really bad. after about a block of driving the trans went into nutral and wouldnt go into any gear. this is now where im at and have no idea if it is the torque convertor, a sensor of some kind, or the transmission itself. its not leaking at all and fluid levels look good. please tell me your ideas of what could be wrong. thanks

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:47 am

Plug in a scanner and see if you can get a code. That will help me be able to diagnose it better.

tdrace92 · Post by **tdrace92** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:20 am

codes are empty because i took the battery out to get a better look at the trans. but last time i checked the codes it was a miss fire. and thats why the check engine light was on.

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:42 am

It's really tough for me to diagnose it without experiencing it or seeing the codes. See if you can get another code and I will do what I can. A misfire code can lead to many other solutions. Mine had a misfire code when it needed a intake manifold gasket and a MAF.

tdrace92 · Post by **tdrace92** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:16 pm

its all good it was the filter that got clogged and wasnt allowing fluid to get up into the forrks and gears. so if anyone has a problem with an auto shifting or getting into gear thats the ticket. runs great.

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:37 pm

Glad to hear, and thanks for the info for future reference!

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:03 pm

I see in http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=40106 you are going to install a new transmission. How long till the problems came back?

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