Well, I have a '97 Eddie Bauer Explorer with 115,000+ miles on it, this morning, I took it out for a little errand and the transmission was revving way to high and slow shifting, sometimes with a noticable jerk. I checked the fluid, levels are right, I believe this is the beginning of the end, anyone have a problem like this, and what was your solution? Thanks, DD
Maybe one of the engines cylinders isnt working. Right now my car is running on 3 cylinders..... Wastes so much gas and uses so much engine power for such simple things on the street. Im going to take it in today to have it fixed.
I would love to help, but I never bacame familiar with the automatic transmission. What engine size BTW. By the sound of it, I would suspect the torque converter, but like I said, Auto tranny's are my weak point.
The transmission on one of my cars acted weird for 60,000 miles before it finally went out. Don't be in a hurry. Now I've put another 70,000 miles on since replacing it. I'm up to 225,000 miles total. The A/C still works and the car looks good. BTW, I have a lifetime warranty on the new transmission. Might be keeping her for a while.
On the flip side, I had my transmission replaced on my old car and it never ran the same and caused problem after problem
I'd suspect the torque converter as well, but that's really only a guess. Maybe your blinker fluid needs changing?
$1900. 2000 Buick Century. We've had at least one Buick the last 20 years. The only thing I dislike about this car are the stupid hubcap centerpieces that keeping falling out. Grrrrrr! They are like very large $15 coins. Before you say it, I'm too cheap to spend enough at one time to get four new hubcaps.
Sounds like the timing chain to me. Anytime the idle runs higher than normal, it will cause the auto tranny to miss when changing gears. Any shop should be able adjust the timing chain at minimal cost.
Sounds EXACTLY like what I had going on with my car. That happened... for me, once I got into 3rd or 4th gear or whatever, I barely experienced any problems. Anyway, I got my oil changed because I was slightly overdue, and the problem improved slightly for about 3 days. Then it came back.. and then it got worse. After a while, it was really bad. Not super consistent, but I could guarantee it would happen 2 out of 3 times I'd drive. The jerkyness would get a lot harder.. ANYway.. it ended up being the transmission. Apparently it was very likely a sensor on the transmission to regulate something or other. But Honda doesn't replace pieces of a transmission...they do the whole thing. I got it replaced (luckily the warranty had been extended on it), and the problems were fixed completely.
Timing chaing would cause all kinds of other problems too. Missing, bad mileage, possible overheating, loss of power...
