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Well it lasted less than 100 miles. Now they want to replace the trans &
can't find a rebuilt. $3500.00!! ....the saga continues! "Carey" > wrote in message om... > 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. |
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