Auto transmission wont shift up from second...
Hey guys,
having some troubles with my vs.... i was driving home from my ladys house on monday and on the highway i noticed i was stuck in second.... so i drove in the left lane all the way home on the gateway for about 15mins looking like an idiot... i was wondering if anybody has an idea as to why my commo wont shift up from second??? first second and reverse are fine, but if i try and accelerate past second gear it revvs up like the gear is in Neutral but it's still in Drive..
any help or suggestions would be great because im not sure if its a little problem or if its big like a new transmission or something! thanks alot.
Gave up on VL's
Checked your fluid levels? Did you try shifting into third manually?
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yeah my fluid levels are good, i tried shifting into third manually and whenever it sounds like its trying to shift up from second it just revvs out. and no i'll check codes tomorrow... just thought id see if this has happened to anyone before though.. arghh haha my only problem so far with this carhopefully it doesnt all begin from here
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well i ended up having to replace my trans in my vr because it got locked into 2nd but with mine rev was fried so maybe not your problem?
oh okay.. how much was your trans replacement?
Gave up on VL's
Yeah check for codes, but it does not sound good...Originally Posted by blackstripes
yeah my fluid levels are good, i tried shifting into third manually and whenever it sounds like its trying to shift up from second it just revvs out. and no i'll check codes tomorrow... just thought id see if this has happened to anyone before though.. arghh haha my only problem so far with this car
With any luck it will only be one of the shift solenoids
yeah ive been reading about similar problems.. HOPEFULLY its only the solenoids
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i was lucky. i picked up a wrecker that had a recon trans in it for 500. but my problem was water in my trans. the cooler in the radiator cracked and when the water got hot it send it into the trans.
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Rather easy job to replace, just need to be careful of the plastic type clipsyeah ive been reading about similar problems.. HOPEFULLY its only the solenoids
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Last edited by James39; 19-01-2012 at 08:59 AM.
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so 500 bucks but i did the work myself(pull both old and new outa each car and put recon in mine) and on my own it took me 3 weeks cos i didnt have all the tools i needed...stupid me
hmm. well i'll suss it out tomorrow and let you guys know. thanks for the input though
alright. so i checked my error codes and it flashed back 12 meanings its ok !! haha what now
when you checked cosed did it flash back 12 3 times? then 12 again? or did it flash 12, 12,12 then a cose?
just flashing 12 onece dont mean it dont have any other codes must be 12 3 times then 12 again for it to be 12
if that makes sence, alo disregard what i said if you already no this
but for your problem sounds like trans is stuffed, whats the colour of the fluid? nice red or nice black?
yeah mate definately flashed 12,12,12,12, and kept flashing 12.... the colour of my fluid is red... i checked when the car was level and after taking it for a 5min drive around the block in second........................................... haha so annoying. so i guess theres only one thing left to do and get it checked by a mechanic or transmission place right?
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Have you done anything to your cars ecu?
also check all wireing to the gearbox and make sure its all good
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Here's the shift solenoid sequence, could be shift soleniod b
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I had the same thing with a VP Calais I had years ago. Adjusted the slack out of the accelerator cable and bingo good as new.
Real cars are steel cars.
Do I recall correctly that sometimes the check ball falls out of the B solenoid on a VS? Electrically it is still OK so it won't bring up a code.
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Real cars are steel cars.
No throttle cable to the trans on a VS mate, not since VR series1 IIRC.
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