mattb
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Hi All,
I own a 2006 RA Rodeo Auto 240,000km Petrol / LPG.
Early December 2012 while driving over the westgate bridge the tranmission would not grab 3rd and would rev as if in neutral. (1st and 2nd worked fine) I took it to a transmission specialist for repair. At the time I was told the 3rd/4th clutch had gone and the transmission was in need of a full rebuild. The tranny was rebuilt along with a few towing upgrades as I'd occasionally need to tow a trailer for work.
Mid Jan 2013 while coming home from Bright camping the same problem occured near Benalla. The car and small box trailer had to be towed back to Melbourne at my expense. Back to the specialist and 2 days later I was told that a solenoid that controls the flow of tranismission fluid had failed and the 3rd/4th clutch had failed once again. The owner said they'd seen this problem a few times over the last 6 months and that GMH and the manufacturer of the part refused to acknowledge the problem.
Early March driving over the Westgate and the unthinkable happens. I lose 3rd. I call up the specialist and they're as shocked as I am. They pull up my file and confirmed they changed the 'faulty' solenoid and the drum just to be sure. They have no idea whats causing the fault and will need to look into things further. The car is currently back in the shop and our long weekend holiday cancelled.
I've been searching the net for the last few hours trying to find a solution to my problem and only found one other person with a similar year commodore that has had the same fault 3 times at that. Unfortunatley they didn't post a solution.
The transmission shop has been around for sometime and has a good reputation. The original work is under warranty but the towing, time, inconvenience, time off work isn't. (I'm a subby)
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks.
I own a 2006 RA Rodeo Auto 240,000km Petrol / LPG.
Early December 2012 while driving over the westgate bridge the tranmission would not grab 3rd and would rev as if in neutral. (1st and 2nd worked fine) I took it to a transmission specialist for repair. At the time I was told the 3rd/4th clutch had gone and the transmission was in need of a full rebuild. The tranny was rebuilt along with a few towing upgrades as I'd occasionally need to tow a trailer for work.
Mid Jan 2013 while coming home from Bright camping the same problem occured near Benalla. The car and small box trailer had to be towed back to Melbourne at my expense. Back to the specialist and 2 days later I was told that a solenoid that controls the flow of tranismission fluid had failed and the 3rd/4th clutch had failed once again. The owner said they'd seen this problem a few times over the last 6 months and that GMH and the manufacturer of the part refused to acknowledge the problem.
Early March driving over the Westgate and the unthinkable happens. I lose 3rd. I call up the specialist and they're as shocked as I am. They pull up my file and confirmed they changed the 'faulty' solenoid and the drum just to be sure. They have no idea whats causing the fault and will need to look into things further. The car is currently back in the shop and our long weekend holiday cancelled.
I've been searching the net for the last few hours trying to find a solution to my problem and only found one other person with a similar year commodore that has had the same fault 3 times at that. Unfortunatley they didn't post a solution.
The transmission shop has been around for sometime and has a good reputation. The original work is under warranty but the towing, time, inconvenience, time off work isn't. (I'm a subby)
Any ideas appreciated.
Thanks.
