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ANother tranny problems thread

Old Jan 17, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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So yesterday im driveing my car like normal and i come to a stop.....of the stop the car started fine but then had trouble shifting...so i thought ok normal problem thats apparent on this board....but now the car takes a while to shift, and when it does the whole car SHAKES...its especially bad from stop signs and while turning...gears 3-4 do not seem to be affected...any ideas????
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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check tranny oil and mounts. and how much milage do you have on your tranny?

could be a problem.
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Sounds an awful lot like a torque converter not disengaging but it could be a number of things.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 05:15 PM
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It's probably the torque converter. Have fun. My ES300 has done this twice now, once under warrenty, once out of. It was over 2k to fix.
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