1999 CRV AWD Auto Transmission Died and Came Back to Life
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1999 CRV AWD Auto Transmission Died and Came Back to Life
I have a 1999 CRV. It has the 4 speed, automatic all wheel drive transmission. Back in July 2017, on the way home, the transmission gave out and started slipping on me. After barely making it home, it wouldn't move another inch afterward. No forward, no reverse, not even the low gears. It didn't even feel like it was engaging. Hardly a reaction from the car when I put it into gear.
This car has 330,000 miles on it, and everything ran strong until then. I would change the ATF every 30k miles. After the transmission gave out on me, I immediately changed the fluid, only to find no difference at all. Same thing.
Fast forward to now, I get in the car to start the engine and run it so none of the seals dried up. I did this regularly. I would start it, run it 15 minutes, try to put in gear, and nothing woild happen. Except, this last Sunday, when I started it, and put it in gear, the car jumped. And drove. It drove like I had just drove it off the lot. It shifted cleanly, no slipping, and had power behind it. For about 200 miles.
After 200 miles, it did the same thing, exactly. I took it to a transmission place and they told me a filter is clogged.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening?
After some research, and having a transmission guy look at it, I think it has to do with a filter, or screen getting clogged. Whether this is being clogged by metal chips, or just transmission gunk, I don't know. But a thought that crossed my mind was a reverse transmission flush. Any thoughts on That? Would that help?
Thanks.
This car has 330,000 miles on it, and everything ran strong until then. I would change the ATF every 30k miles. After the transmission gave out on me, I immediately changed the fluid, only to find no difference at all. Same thing.
Fast forward to now, I get in the car to start the engine and run it so none of the seals dried up. I did this regularly. I would start it, run it 15 minutes, try to put in gear, and nothing woild happen. Except, this last Sunday, when I started it, and put it in gear, the car jumped. And drove. It drove like I had just drove it off the lot. It shifted cleanly, no slipping, and had power behind it. For about 200 miles.
After 200 miles, it did the same thing, exactly. I took it to a transmission place and they told me a filter is clogged.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening?
After some research, and having a transmission guy look at it, I think it has to do with a filter, or screen getting clogged. Whether this is being clogged by metal chips, or just transmission gunk, I don't know. But a thought that crossed my mind was a reverse transmission flush. Any thoughts on That? Would that help?
Thanks.
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Re: 1999 CRV AWD Auto Transmission Died and Came Back to Life
It's time for an overhaul. If you keep driving it you will damage parts. Yes, there is an internal filter. Yes, it can get clogged and cause pump pressure loss. No, it will not do to just unclog it. There is enough debris to indicate it's time for an overhaul. Think of it as a circuit breaker protecting your transmission from extreme damage.
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Re: 1999 CRV AWD Auto Transmission Died and Came Back to Life
I have a 1999 CRV. It has the 4 speed, automatic all wheel drive transmission. Back in July 2017, on the way home, the transmission gave out and started slipping on me. After barely making it home, it wouldn't move another inch afterward. No forward, no reverse, not even the low gears. It didn't even feel like it was engaging. Hardly a reaction from the car when I put it into gear.
This car has 330,000 miles on it, and everything ran strong until then. I would change the ATF every 30k miles. After the transmission gave out on me, I immediately changed the fluid, only to find no difference at all. Same thing.
Fast forward to now, I get in the car to start the engine and run it so none of the seals dried up. I did this regularly. I would start it, run it 15 minutes, try to put in gear, and nothing woild happen. Except, this last Sunday, when I started it, and put it in gear, the car jumped. And drove. It drove like I had just drove it off the lot. It shifted cleanly, no slipping, and had power behind it. For about 200 miles.
After 200 miles, it did the same thing, exactly. I took it to a transmission place and they told me a filter is clogged.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening?
After some research, and having a transmission guy look at it, I think it has to do with a filter, or screen getting clogged. Whether this is being clogged by metal chips, or just transmission gunk, I don't know. But a thought that crossed my mind was a reverse transmission flush. Any thoughts on That? Would that help?
Thanks.
This car has 330,000 miles on it, and everything ran strong until then. I would change the ATF every 30k miles. After the transmission gave out on me, I immediately changed the fluid, only to find no difference at all. Same thing.
Fast forward to now, I get in the car to start the engine and run it so none of the seals dried up. I did this regularly. I would start it, run it 15 minutes, try to put in gear, and nothing woild happen. Except, this last Sunday, when I started it, and put it in gear, the car jumped. And drove. It drove like I had just drove it off the lot. It shifted cleanly, no slipping, and had power behind it. For about 200 miles.
After 200 miles, it did the same thing, exactly. I took it to a transmission place and they told me a filter is clogged.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening?
After some research, and having a transmission guy look at it, I think it has to do with a filter, or screen getting clogged. Whether this is being clogged by metal chips, or just transmission gunk, I don't know. But a thought that crossed my mind was a reverse transmission flush. Any thoughts on That? Would that help?
Thanks.
the tranny needs to be pulled to get to it, you can have it rebuilt or even just replace just the filter if you wanna be a cheapo, since it runs fine until the filter soaks up the particles after a few miles of driving
when the car cools the particles fall back down until you drive it again
but i would definitely say find a good quality tranny shop and just have it rebuilt
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