Automatic Transmission on 2004 Elantra
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Automatic Transmission on 2004 Elantra - 2/3/2008 7:55:37 AM
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nora1962
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The automatic transmission on my 2004 Elantra GT has a problem where it flips out of gear, loses power, and soon locks up and seizes. I can catch it before it locks up by putting it into neutral and back into drive, but it repeats it. It did it a few weeks ago at higher speeds (60s) after I'd been driving 20-30 minutes, and it threw a 4th-gear ratio code. Transmission place couldn't find anything wrong and couldn't get it to repeat.
It just did it again last week first thing, suddenly cold morning, and I could keep resetting it, but it kept doing it, and I couldn't get more than a block away. After it was towed in, the transmission place couldn't get it to happen again, but they got new codes this time. I don't know the codes, but they have to do with reverse and with drive at low speeds.
The transmission place is thinking after reading a bulletin that it won't require a full overhaul, but the bulletin suggests starting with solenoids, then something else, then something else, all things leading up, if necessary, to the computer. To cut possible losses, the mechanic is going to do the first three suggested repairs at once--about $900. (I'm beyond warranty, by the way. 73000 miles and not the original owner.)
The thing is, of course, you never know that it's fixed. You can only know if it isn't. And you can find out the hard way at a very bad time!
Any suggestions or similar problems?
Thanks.
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RE: Automatic Transmission on 2004 Elantra - 2/3/2008 10:35:47 AM
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madindian1
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try and get the codes that he retrieved. without that it's just guessing.
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