I am able to start my car fine but my car want shift at all. Last night my husband noticed the shifting issue when we were coming home. This morning I go to leave and I can barely move my car. I finally am able to move, reverse just fine. Then right down the street my car won't shift at all. Is this a transmission issue. I so hope not because it is not under warranty...help!!!!!

Calirover

 

Do you own a scanning tool? I'm no expert on automatic transmissions but this sounds to me like a computer issue. Have a scan done to see if the transmission control unit is working properly. They're not overly expensive to replace and they're a lot cheaper that the transmission itself. Wishing you luck,

Chris

 

Check your fluid. Could be low fluid causing all those problems. But then again, once you fix the fluid...you still gotta figure out why you lost it all..

So are you saying that it takes a long time to shift into gear? When you went to leave and shift into R...did it take a while to finally go, or was it just freewheeling alot and it just took alot of gas to get it moving?

 

it would be easy to check the fluid if there was a dip stick
its not easy for the average person to check the level on a jatco transmission
is the check engine light on yet?

 

My mechanic who works on all German made vehicles especially LandRover's towed my car for free to his shop and tested it for free. He called me this morning with the crappy news. We were just hoping it was a default in the shift solenoids but it is not. Unfourtnantely my transmission is completely "done". He said that it is an internal issue in which the transmission fluid burnt through the whole inside and was completely black and the there is an issue with the gears. He is able to get me a deal for a used transmission that has 19,000 miles on it for $3000 with a warranty. Does that sound like a good deal? I hope so because I have no other choice at this point, I need to get around somehow. After we fix this problem we are selling it for sure and getting it off our hands. Maybe now my car will pass its smog check too. Do you think?

Thanks for your advice!
CaliRover

 

Oh wow...my apologies [&o]

And that's bad news on the tranny..Hopefully the warrantied tranny will help with the sale at least.

 

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