On Mar 13, 5:02 pm, wilderbillyo...@yahoo.com wrote:

A '96 Elantra *without* the MIL on is a rare bird.  Anyway, you could
have a valve in the valvebody that is sticking once actuated with
fluid pressure.  I'm thinking that the 3rd and 4th ranges each employ
individual valves whose purpose is to lock out other unwanted
operations or to assist in holding the clutch pressure that is
supplied by the primary 3rd and 4th valves.  This is just an educated
guess; I've never studied this trans or had one apart.  The lack of
P07xx series codes (assuming there are none in memory) would suggest
that the input and speed sensors are working and that each gear range
is engaging when it should based on load and speed inputs.  That would
lead me to believe, as stated before, that the trans is mechanically
staying in too high a gear during decel.  The trans ecu most likely
doesn't set speed/rationality codes during decel.

Your car doesn't actually *die* when you come to a stop, does it?

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