Before you declare victory, make sure it doesn't happen again within 100
miles or so. There's no reason on God's green earth that a HEALTHY
transmission would need a flush, or why a flush would "fix" a
transmission unless there's another very major problem lurking...


Carey wrote:

> If I hadn't just recently experienced this myself I wouldn't believe
> it!
> Last Tues. evening my son called on his way home, a 20 min. drive, &
> said his 2002 Neon SXT automatic was making a whining noise & seemed
> to be slipping. He wasn't sure he'd make it home. Ten min. later he
> called back & said he was stalled on the side of the road & come
> rescue him. So I grabbed some transmission fluid & a rag then headed
> out. He'd made it about 8-10 miles from work when the car would no
> longer go any further. I checked the fluid & the level was fine & also
> looked & smelled good. I managed to drive it a 1/4-mile or so off the
> paved road when it gave out again. Whirring & winning ever so slightly
> but wouldn't move. We had it towed to the dealer. The first diagnosis
> was the torque converter, second was the pump after calling other
> dealers & looking online for failure analysis. The dealer then
> suggested a TRANSMISSION FLUSH saying that about 85% of the time this
> works. Well it did.
>
> Nowhere in any Internet groups, web pages or talking to a bunch
> of people did anyone suggest something so simple & inexpensive.
>
> Please share this with everyone who might be in a similar situation
> thinking that they need a major trans. repair.