Biggie G

Hi Yall


its 2am here...finally got home from being stranded.


feels like the trans went out on my 2005 with 105k miles

I'm driving and little by little in a total of 5 blocks my trans was slipping then revving high. Then on the 6th block it didn't accelerate but it was revving high.

It left me stranded at the light. Some cute ladies in high heels from the club across the street offered to push-true story!.

so I'm assuming it the trans as the shifter feels fine...

also the antifreeze looks fine


anything else to look for before I shop for a trans? Thanks

NCVette1

One time I put it in park at a drive through and when I put it in drive it wouldn't move. The entire shifter felt like it disconnected from the trans. Nothing like pushing a new vette from a drive through window. There was no symptoms before I had any problems showed up. 2 years and 2 full rebuilds under warranty before that car had to go.

irok

did you get PO700 and any other codes when it started giving you trouble?

EVRose

I don't think I've ever read about an A4 trans failure on here.

6SpeedTA95

Pretty much exactly what the 700R4 failure was like in my IROCZ many years ago.

Minus the ladies

Did you regularly change the fluid?

Vet Interested

GM recommends service at 100,000 miles so unless he tracks the car service should not be an issue.
Good luck and hopefully it is not to painful.

Biggie G

It shows no codes


I've changed the fluid twice now at 105k miles


thanks for any input guys

farmington

sounds like it just "wore out" and didn't have any catastrophic failure. Ask around for recommendations for a trans rebuilder. Some are better than others.

Biggie G

yea, I'm suspecting that....It's weird cause there were symptoms.......

but know that I really think back....i heared two clunks through out the night....but were spread out and did not happen around the time that it left me stranded

6SpeedTA95

Hmm that's interesting. When serviced those things are pretty bullet proof...

GM also says clutch fluid is lifetime...so 100k service intervals aren't always applicable.

Biggie G

Yea I never tracked it.

Rarely got on it


also I'm been googling it and not really finding anything

tlcj

Did you see any fluid anywhere? (Red) I had an issue once where the transmission line was cracked and had a similar fate.

Biggie G

I'm wondering if I should take it to a trans shop to see of it could be saved or just swap it out with another unit?


I was trying to trade it in this month so I'm not looking to rebuild it

Biggie G

nope nothing. I thought maybe the radiator cracked and mixed the fluids but no

Vet Interested

Can't hurt to try a shop. You might get lucky.

farmington

irok

a reman from G.M. is about $1,900.with your core

J Higgens

My transmission went out with approximately 44K on the clock. I experienced similar symptoms as you did. Mine seemed to shift fine from first to second; however, when it tried to shift to third it would miss and just raise in RPMs as I tried to accelerate. I was able to limp it to the shop, where they sent dropped the transmission and saw that the 2-3 drum was quote worn. I opted to have the transmission rebuilt throughout with better parts, and supposedly it can handle 800whp now.

Biggie G

Thanks guys for all the info I truly appreciate it . Im in the fence on what I'm doing next....

owc6

Me!

But mine just plain wore out. I'd have to look at the paperwork, but it wasn't all that long ago.

One day it just wouldn't go into third or fourth anymore. It smelled terrible just taking it to the shop while limping along in second.