Hello, all... I'm here on the behalf of my mom and her '02 RX300. It's got 107,000 miles on it and for the last month or so, the transmission has been intermittently 'clunking' when downshifting from 2nd to 1st, when coming to a stop.

She had shoulder surgery and hasn't been driving so I took the car out yesterday to run some errands and give it something to do. It did it to me 90% of the time during my trip and several times it did so very loudly and almost violently. It never behaves this way when going up or down from any other gears. The 1st-to-2nd upshift is liquid velvet smooth.

I'm going to be taking the car in but would like to get an idea as to what we might be in for.

Thanks.

 

Oh joyus day....just got the call. It needs a transmission.

$4,400 plus a transfer case seal at $400. My mom has been eyeing an Audi A5 as a replacement. Time will tell if we get that now or later.