Hello everyone! I have a brain teaser that has me scratching.
I have owned my Kia for about 2 years. Replaced water pump and all the belts when we first bought it. Replaced the tires, plugs, and wires about 6 months ago.
About a month ago it starts having issues shifting. Bullet points for easy reading:
This car is mostly an around town car, but it is also our long trip car. When working, we can take this on the road (and have) at 80 for 2+ hours and it runs fine. Get off an exit to get gas, and it starts acting up at the first red light. Reset it and drive another 2+ hours just fine. It does seem to "happen more" when around town then on the road.
Considering it runs fine "when it wants to" i don't believe the trans is shot, but i am not a mechanic and any mechanic I talk to wants to jump to trans first thing. I have tried to read up on everything on the board I can and every time i think i found the solution, the poster in that thread has an issue i didn't, like the speedometer not working, or it never resolving itself.
Any help is much appreciated.
I have owned my Kia for about 2 years. Replaced water pump and all the belts when we first bought it. Replaced the tires, plugs, and wires about 6 months ago.
About a month ago it starts having issues shifting. Bullet points for easy reading:
- handles 1st and 2nd usually fine
- When it acts up, As it starts to shift to 3rd it will drop into neutral, the engine will rev, I let off the gas. Then it will either go into 3rd or stay in 2nd.
- If it stays in 2nd, every time you press the gas more than a small amount it drops to neutral and revs again.
- If it goes into 3rd, everything is fine until the next time I stop and it moves to 1st/2nd.
- I can pull the battery after it acts up, and it will work again, but with diminishing returns. First it resolved for a couple of days, then a day, now its minutes before it does it again.
- Sometimes shifting to neutral while in motion, turning the car off and back on, then shifting back resolves it, but not always.
- It does work fine from time to time with no issues.
- Hooked it to code reader, and get P0733/P0734
- When acting up, Check engine light is on and O/D Off Flashes. When fine, both are off.
- When acting up it shifts into 1st very hard, shaking the car and almost killing the engine
- All fluid levels are good
- Speedometer and tach are working fine
This car is mostly an around town car, but it is also our long trip car. When working, we can take this on the road (and have) at 80 for 2+ hours and it runs fine. Get off an exit to get gas, and it starts acting up at the first red light. Reset it and drive another 2+ hours just fine. It does seem to "happen more" when around town then on the road.
Considering it runs fine "when it wants to" i don't believe the trans is shot, but i am not a mechanic and any mechanic I talk to wants to jump to trans first thing. I have tried to read up on everything on the board I can and every time i think i found the solution, the poster in that thread has an issue i didn't, like the speedometer not working, or it never resolving itself.
Any help is much appreciated.