The problem is on my JDM 94 camry, it's my daily driver. I do not know that much about automatic tranny's so i thought i would ask you guys. When upshifting from 1st gear to 2nd gear it takes a while then followed by a large CLUD that jerks/shakes the car. All other gears are fine though. The tranny fluid is at a good level however it is a bit dirty. The rpms are not shooting up like it would on a manual tranny with a slipping clutch so i dont know whether it is related to a electrical solenoid problem, torque converter, or whatever else really. I also tried messing with the O/D OFF button and the ECT button and having O/D OFF helps out a little with shifting a bit quicker.

Changing the tranny fluid is the first thing to do, but i have NO tools here at school and i have 2 huge *** exams this week. I could do this if i were at home with my arms tied behind my back so i really REALLY dont want to pay a local shop $80 for the change. Dirty fluid would not cause it only to do that from 1st to 2nd gear though... would it? Do any of you have any ideas or have went through similar problems?

 

fluid is probably the obvious solution, but I suspect the tranny is just going bad. I'm not familiar with Toyota trannies...this might be best asked on a Camry board.

 

i tried to do a google search for camry web boards but didnt find any... any of you guys know any good toyota-tech sites?