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Anonymous Posted on Jan 07, 2014

Transmission is not shifting in 1 or 2nd only. park is good, reverse good, neutral good, motor is not hot, fluid smell and looks good

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When your fluid starts to turn dark and you'll smell the fluid,you will know if it's burnt,this happens when the bands gets loose and out of adjustment,as your coming to a stop with your foot off the accelerator pedal and the vehicle starts to slow down the band will help the transmission to slow as well as the vehicle,but if the bands are loose and not tight enough,your clutch's will try to slow the vehicle,when this happens the clutch's will not hold and start to slip,and this will burn the clutch's as well as the fluid,after this keeps happening the clutch's will start to slip when you start to take off from a stop,and will burn the clutch's even more,now your in need of a transmission rebuilt,so when you notice the fluid starting to smell and turn from red to dark red or black,the best thing to do is take it to a transmission shop and have the fluid and filter replaced,and have them adjust the bands,if you try this at home the fluid change should not be a problem but the band adjustment is a different story,if you don't follow step by step and tighten the band's too tight you can break the band's and that will make a for sure thing that you will need a rebuild,so just because the fluid gets burnt doesn't mean you need a rebuild unless you have driven it to long.

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SOURCE: I have a 2002 Dodge Durango with 89K. My fluid

it might not be your trans. at all. check for play in your u-joints this may cause a hard shifting feel and or pop

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 30, 2010

SOURCE: Transmission does not upshift. Shifts from park to

Sounds like one of the speed sensors are bad. It has an input speed sensor and an output shaft speed sensor. You need to have the TCM scanned for codes to see if one of them is bad.

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robert DIBBLE

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  • Posted on May 08, 2011

SOURCE: 2001 dodge neon SEdrove about

no you hit it on the head the bands are burnt and possibly seized together
you could try the old remades but it really needs to be rebuilt sorry i couldn't
give you better news but there it is in a nut shell


hope this helps you
good luck
bob

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 13, 2012

SOURCE: 1988 Dodge Caravan, LE. The engine is a 3L V6 and it has an automatic transmission. Abrupt shift.

i would change the ****** filter see if that fixes the problem!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 25, 2012

SOURCE: shifter is erratic. wont start in park. drives forward when shifted to reverse, sometimes drives forward when in park. sometimes reverse is neutral (which is good so it will start!!!) what is going on

It sounds like the linkage at the transmission has come loose. Have someone get inside and move the shift lever from gear to gear so you can see where the linkage is on your transmission. You'll have to climb under ypou truck to see this, on the drivers side. check to see that all the bolts are tight. Your switch that allows you truck to start in Park or Neutral is located there.

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