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Old Dec 28, 2014 | 01:41 PM
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my automatic 1j right out of a soarer wont go down to first gear!!! i didnt cut and extend the wires to the ecu so we can eliminate that possibility, do i need to ground something or is it just bad ecu, bad shift solenoid regular typa thing? but when i put the car in drive it starts off in second gear then shifts to third as apposed to starting off in first... if i put it in first gear it will go down to first though...thoughts??? while people are still allowed to have them
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If the tranny goes into first gear when you put the shifter down into 1, then it's not a bad solenoid. It certainly could be a bad ecu. How does the car run other than that? Idle good?
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Yeah, it idles fine.. Needs an O2 sensor but it idles steady..
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