So I've had this car (95 talon) for about 300 miles, and recently it's started to jerk when I stop. Putting it neutral before stopping causes it not to do this, so I'm sure it's the trans, not the brakes/suspension.

Any suggestions? It's got a new radiator in it, and the fluid is still pretty red and at the right level. Everything else about the trans seems fine, shifts when it should, all the gears, no problems at high rpm shifts or anything. Shifts fine when leaving a stop as well. It's just right before you come to a complete stop that it does it.

Thanks!

After a bit of testing, it's actually when it shifts into first. However, going from neutral into first isn't a problem, and going out of first into any gear isn't a problem.

Fluid is a bit on the high side, so I'm going to drain a bit and then see what happens, although I don't beleive it's going to make a difference.

i had this same prob. when i installed my jeep 60mm t.b what i found it to be was the car was not comming down to idle rpms fast enough so when the trans would shift into first gear the rpms would still be up a couple hundred and it would buck the car, check for some kind of vaccum leaks or you IAC

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Where are the vacuum lines on this trans? I thought it was all electronically controlled.

I guess the previous owner had the trans flushed, but he didn't know what fluid they put in it. I guess I'll drop the pan and run some quarts of ATF +3 through it and put in a new filter and hope that will help. Unfortunatley, that won't be until next weekend and ~200 miles.

It is fully electronic controlled. You'll just have to look for leaks in vacuum lines leading from the back of the intake manifold. There could also be leaks in the gasket at the throttle body to manifold, upper manifold to lower manifold, or lower manifold to head connection. Your IAC or throttle plate could also be hanging open. IAC is shown here:



Who knows...the problem could be more complex than that.

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get the fluid flushed and refilled with atf+3 RIGHT AWAY, DO IT NOW, DONT WAIT, GET ATF+3 IN ASAP. youve probably got the other in there.

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The previous owner said that he had the trans flushed last summer, and he put ~5k miles on it. So I don't think another 200 or so till this weekend is really going to hurt it. I did pick up a case of ATF+3, and I'll run it through it and do a "psuedo" flush this weekend and replace the filter.

I'm also getting the ATSG manual from ebay to see if there is anything good in there, maybe I'll finally rebuild one of these trans.

A couple of guys over on dsmtalk say that theirs does this on a regular basis, although I'm not sure if they have a mitsu or a chrysler trans.

I'll try to keep you guys posted.

My transmission does this also, and I've always put the right fluid in it. I doubt the IAC has any issues either, but it definitely doesnt rev down quickly enough and likes to lurch to a stop.

I took it to mitsu under warranty (45k miles, 1 year old) and they checked all the sensors and inputs and whatnot and couldn't figure it out. Then they decided my cold air intake voided the warranty and asked for $2800 to install a new transmission.

Does the tach reflect this high rev condition? I was watching the tach when this happened and it didn't move at all.

You said you put a new radiator in, check to make certain the hard lines that go into the cooling bar of the radiator for the trans didn't get kinked up. Mine would do the same thing and i had a kinked up line, unkinked the line and viola, perfect.

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