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Look at the shift solenoid or oil screen/filter. Oil bad need flush and new oil. Over heater clogged oil cooler. Burned tranny clutches. Start on the oil
1999 cavelier manual trans: My son was shifting his manual trans really rough (ramming through the gears to try to beat someone out at a light) and ended up not being able to put it into anything but 3 and 4 (straight up and down). We noticed that the shifter cable, that actuates the position of the arm on the transmission, had pulled away from a "c" clip and was not held into place about 8-10 inches down the cable away from the trans. The cable needs to be secured into that clip in order to let the wire inside move the trans. lever to shift. Otherwise you will be stuck on what ever "rail" your trans is on at the time of disconnection. It would be the first thing that I would check.
have you tried shifting with the car stopped not running does it shift easy or hard sometimes the syncro inside the trans gets worn or the shifter fork could be bent damaged usually a trans shop or specialist can help you work on it because its a big job tom pull out the trans and tear it apart but if you want to do it yourself its possible
CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL FIRST BUT IT SOUND LIKE YOU NEED A FLUID AND FILTER CHANGE IF TRANSMISSION FILTER STOPPED UP TRANSMISSION PUMP CAN DRAW FLUID THROUGH CLOGGED FILTER.WHEN ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION GET HOT FLUID WILL GET HOT AND THIN ENOUGH TRAVEL THROUGH FILTER SO CAR CAN SHIFT INTO OVER DRIVE.DO A FLUID AND FILTER CHANGE SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
one thing ive warned my friends to never do and that is to never have your trans flushed cause you may have new fluids but what about the trans filter its old and iots there for that reason to keep dirt and metal; shavings from the bands so try having your oil and filter in the transmission replaced , pull your trans dip stick and on a white piece of paper put a drop of trans oil that you have in your trans at that very moment it should be redish pink but if its brown and smells really bad then the problem is in the oil and filter . change it before u have to replace the whole trans
Automatic overdrive and/or torque converter failure. Properly check your trans. fluid level. Might be as simple as that. It should be at proper level, and red in color. Hopefully all you need is a tranny fluid exchange service....do the filter as well. Hope this is helpful.
Check the multi-pin connector that goes to the side of the transmission. Make sure that it isn't dirty, bent or corroded. If it is, that's what could be causing the problem. (Mine got bent by 4x4ing and it wouldn't shift properly after that. Once I replaced it with a harness from the auto wrecker, worked like a charm.)
Is it possible that the sound is happening every time you hit 14 mph after a fresh start? The TC does a ABS check 14 mph that runs the pump for a second.
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