Thread: Check Engine Light - Wont downshift, whine coming from engine

Originally Posted by brandibissell

Here are my symptoms: Start car. Coolant light is on. Once engine warms up, the light goes off and then there is a slight burning smell. Shortly after that my car starts shifting hard when going up thru the gears. 2 times after that, my check engine light comes on and my car will not downshift. Today while driving all the same symptoms, but no check engine light, but the car started to whine. Husband put in park and revved. Still whining. He is going out now to put it in nuetral and check to see if it still whines. Any suggestions??

First thing I would do is find out why the coolant light is on. Could be linked in the PCM program to protect the transmission from damage since it thinks that the tranny fluid would be overheated.

Terry