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I have 1996 VW polo 1.6 with automatic transmission. The car has 62,000 miles. When the first starting out the transmission does not want to shift out of 1st gear, and revs much higher than normally. When it does shift, it’s with a “bang”. If you ease off the accelerator a little, sometimes it will shift into 2nd with less of a hard transition. After a few miles when it warms up it doesn’t do this and then shifts ok. I added a can of Wynn’s transmission treatment, but it doesn’t seem to have helped. Any suggestions to prevent that hard shift?
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Sorry for that. There quite many things that could lead to Gear shifting problem. Let me hope your vehicle is Automatic transmission system. I would like to know the last time you serviced the your car, did the technician change the transmission fluid or not? If the transmission fluid has not been changed for a longtime, you need to consider changing that transmission fluid and observe the behavior of you car after that and ensure that the level is appropriate.
If the engine light is blinking you have major issues with the vehicle. Have scanned at autozone or similar for codes this will give you a idea what is wrong. Then get back to me when you have codes
Yes it's time, per the Ford maintenance schedule for your vehicle it’s recommend the automatic transmission fluid and filer be changed every 30,000 miles.
That specific transmission is known for failure. Sometimes it's premature failure (in your case) and sometimes they have 150k miles, but that specific automatic transmission will always fail. There are plenty of stories online about premature failure of the 01M VW transmission...
VW Automatic transmissions must be filled within a specific level or they will not shift. Also, must have VW special transmission fluid or ATF +4 FULL SYNTHETIC!!! Required to create proper internal pressure...
this would not be in effect of any oil leaking i would say your oil sensor has gone and would need to be checked out by a auto electrician. i hope this helps .
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