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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / January 2005More Transmission problems... new update!!!
tonight I was driving my 99 Monte Carlo Z34 and hit the gas, but the car didn't move very fast, I shut the radio off and listened to the engine reving like it was in neutral, but it was still in gear. I figured out that the car will not go into gear if I say in [D] drive, but it will VERY slowly accelerate if I manually shift from 1st to 2nd. If I hit the gas with the car in 1st, it will rev and rev, but will slowly accelerate. It's like a standard with the clutch letting out VERY slow. Anyone have any ideas???? It would be helpful to know whether it has 58,000 miles on it or 258,000 miles. It would also be cool to hear that you checked the fluid level, if possible, and what color it was. Slipping is death for a transmission. What you report is slipping. Check and or fill the fluid level and go from their. I think you will be going shopping. sorry... I was trying to send my message out asap. the car has 140k on it, the fluid was just changed back in Sept. and the level was good. I've heard this transmission is gone and needs to be rebuilt. The drive clutch or something liek that is gone and the only way to get at it is to do an entire overhaul. > It would be helpful to know whether it has 58,000 miles on it or > 258,000 miles. It would also be cool to hear that you checked the fluid > level, if possible, and what color it was. > Slipping is death for a transmission. What you report is slipping. > Check and or fill the fluid level and go from their. I think you will > be going shopping. > sorry... I was trying to send my message out asap. > > the car has 140k on it, the fluid was just changed back in Sept. and the > level was good. I've heard this transmission is gone and needs to be > rebuilt. The drive clutch or something liek that is gone and the only way to > get at it is to do an entire overhaul. You've probably heard right. Automatic transmission are full of clutches. They'll wear out eventually. 140k does not sound too low to have it go. The crap is that in order to have your transmission rebuilt, there's a lot of workmanship involved, kinda like open heart surgery. to get to the transmission guts, you have to take everything apart. Takes plenty of hours. Is expensive. Yes, $1800 to have it rebuilt!! I'm learning towards going that way because the prices on new cars is so high. I know I need the transmission and brakes all around. Then I'm assuming the radiator will go next. After that... hopefully I get one more year out of the car. Thanks >> sorry... I was trying to send my message out asap. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > surgery. to get to the transmission guts, you have to take everything > apart. Takes plenty of hours. Is expensive. |
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