Thread: 04 GT 2, 165K mi., car hard to get to 65-70, rpm up and down w/gear hunting

Just started the other day about 70 mph on slight uphill, the trans was having trouble staying in OD, shifting and revving. It's got about 165 k miles on it. I check fluid and needed a pint. It seems like OD might be going from searching here. We have an OBD code scanner, but haven't tried it yet because I'm recovering from a painful lower back issue.

It's been serviced a couple of times, but suffered some lead foot in it's time.

Thinking about a used one, or maybe a rebuild or solenoids or whatever 'cause I'm not sure what's wrong. Money's tight as usual.

Thanks for your suggestions!

We're going to take it out to see how 1, 2, 3 work. It probably won't give up a code on the OBD scanner we bought at Sears back a while. I have a back problem & no place to work anyway so hopefully the local trans shop can help figure it out.

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Well that didn't go as hoped. It has issues in 3rd gear too - jerking and having issues getting up to/ maintaining speed smoothly. Gonna try limping it home which is closer to the trans shop.

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Got home ok. It has issues jerking, etc. even in 2nd gear on an uphill. I'm not sure what the problem is.

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We have a Craftsman 9 87702 CanOBD2 code reader. I think it might get trans codes. The manual talks about them as a code type, but doesn't give much detail about any codes. The reader says no codes are stored for the vehicle.

Crap. That wasn't helpful.

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