Hi guys, I have a 99GS auto. The motor was recently overhauld and the tranny fluid replaced. I've been driving the car for 2 weeks now (60 miles) without any problems until today. I was on the way to work when suddenly my transmission wouldn't engaged; I was in drive at the time going 65mph. I tried dropping the gear to 2 and then 1 while I was coasting and still no response from the tranny. Once I was stopped, I put the tranny in neutral and checked my fluid. Level looked good, color looked good, no metal flakes or order. I then readjusted the cable; just in case and still no joy. After about 5 minuets of tinkering, I tried it again and the tranny would engage in drive for awhile (maybe 10 feet) and I would lose power again. I would rev up to 4K and it would back off the pedal and it would sometimes engage (more of a buck). Prior to today, the only other tranny problem that I had was my 1st to 2nd transition would be around 4K rpms and then 2nd to the other gears would be around 3-3.5K rpms. I also would get a rattling sound when I was in reverse and sometimes when I was decelerate, the tranny would buck (aka hard hesitation).

I've been reading posts after posts on here all day so far. I've been able to find other dsmer's on here with the same issues, but offered no solution to fix the problem. I've tried emailing and IMing, but no response so far either. Can someone please shed some light into my problem.

thanks in advance.

So the trans fluid level was all right? That's weird. That's exactly what it sounds like, or maybe a trans pump issue. I had that same problem except for that my diff pin blew a hole through my transmission (on a different eclipse) and I had fluid leaking everywhere. 'Cause of the leak the pump wasn't able to generate enough pressure and the car would do exactly as you described. I'd definitely keep checking the fluid and maybe having a flush/change done to it. Although, depending on the miles that can sometimes do more harm than good!

Do you know anyone with a scan tool that can check the codes, I know my car was throwing codes that a normal scan tool from like autozone or wherever couldn't read, so you might wanna give that a try!

joseph

FranklinDSM -- RIP (damn pole)
The new car: '97 Eclipse GS

I had a similar thing happen today. My cars been parked because of school and has been driving on average 1 day every 3 weeks, well i decided to take my car up to school, so I drove it about 100 miles without a problem, the next day i went to move it, and i put it in reverse and it wouldnt go into reverse. It had the same problem with drive.I found that revving the engine to about 3k then letting off, it would give me a slight jerk and go into gear for a short time. I checked fluid and it was in the "warm/hot" section, nothing looked unusual, it didnt smell, it wasnt clear but not dark either. After about 5 minutes of letting the car idle, i tried again and it drove fine for 20 minutes only doing it once when i came to a stop. Tomorrow, I'm going to top off the fluid and see if that helps, but any other ideas?

99 Eclipse GST, Bullseye v-trim turbo, p&p 1g head, apexi fmic, hard ic piping, megan sway bars, act2100, autometer gauges, rs limited wheels, safc2... and more

change the filter n your fixed..

dont ask just do it


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mods include but not limited to:
engine: AEM cai , pp head / TB / intake runners, Chikira 4-2-1 header , custom 2.5" exhast / pacesetter high flow cat/flowmaster2 muff,1mm over sized SS valves,PT valvetrain, AEM cam gears/pully set, prothane motormounts,440 injectors , ground kit.
Trans: Custom ATX (1 of a kind) poly-graphite steels , kevlar clutches , final drive , shift kit,3500 stall TC, Tourqe Wonder trans chip ($120.00 2gnt price only!!email for order info)

Technically your supposed to change the filter once every 15-20k miles... I reconmend 8k miles personally.


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M50 I6 ,dinan CAI , Remus Cat back , Volt. regulator, AA stg II software, Centerforce stg 2 clutch w/ alum dual mass flywheel.

1997 GS- RIP

mods include but not limited to:
engine: AEM cai , pp head / TB / intake runners, Chikira 4-2-1 header , custom 2.5" exhast / pacesetter high flow cat/flowmaster2 muff,1mm over sized SS valves,PT valvetrain, AEM cam gears/pully set, prothane motormounts,440 injectors , ground kit.
Trans: Custom ATX (1 of a kind) poly-graphite steels , kevlar clutches , final drive , shift kit,3500 stall TC, Tourqe Wonder trans chip ($120.00 2gnt price only!!email for order info)

You people are crazy.
Ive got over 100K miles on my car and haven't changed the tranny filter ever. (and Ive had NO problems related to that) only tranny problem I had was when the TPS wire got shorted to ground and caused limp mode.

with every oil change at 3K miles...yeah right, thats just overly excessive maintenance. Maybe 30K miles..thats reasonable


and Infinity you really think a filter change would solve his problem of having NO gears?.. and what is your reasoning behind it?.. completely clogged filter so no fluid flow?

Frankly I don't know how the A604 got such a bad rep. I've beaten the hell out of my car/tranny and have had no problems.
IMO add a aux tranny cooler from day 1 and your set for life.

1998 dodge avenger 4 cyl AT
Mods are:
Not enough

You shouldn't need to add fluid either. (unless you have a leak)
On my car now I have never changed the fluid either.
Only added a little when I did the final drive gear change because some comes out when doing that.

Im not too sure on the Lucas treatment but IMO its not needed either.

yeah so my fluid might be dirty.. I call that added "friction modifiers"

all I ever do is change the oil/oil filter every 3-4K miles. thats it for fluids.

1998 dodge avenger 4 cyl AT
Mods are:
Not enough

If it needs some..add some.
If its low again youve got something leaking.

If you just changed tranny oil/filter not too long ago then who knows you might not have put enough in in the first place.. or it settled

1998 dodge avenger 4 cyl AT
Mods are:
Not enough

Maybe your 1st and 2nd gears are climbing so high in the rpm range because your overdrive is off, which causes the gears to be longer. im not saying this is the peoblem, im just saying that it might be contributing to our issues.