99 grand am se 2.4L will not go forward

I have a 99 Pontiac grand am se 2.4L that will not engage in drive. drained the transmission fluid, replaced the transmission pan, filter & gasket & put in new fluid. Will go in reverse but no drive. when in drive, 1st, 2nd or 3rd it will not go forward. Please help

Did you notice any metal in the pan? Was fluid burnt? Was level ok?

Have you checked for transmission codes?

Another Grand Am bites the dust. Unless there's a problem with your shifter cable, your transmission is done for. This happens a lot in Grand Ams, they weren't exactly built to last.

Mike I have to disagree with you.......the 4T40/45E did not have a lot of problems....

Welcome to AF jomcgruer69 !

How many miles on this GA ??
Did you check and make sure the shift cable is working ?

If thats all good sounds like it'll need a trip to a trans shop. But its likely a shift solenoid is out, which is prob about time being a 99 GA.

You can replace them yourself but its complicated. the whole drivers side axle and stuff needs removed to access them. no fun w/o the right tools.

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also these are decent transmission. the problems ive seen is the #1 clutches are way to small compared to the previous trans they used, 4T60/65E(65HD).
They cant handle much HP either, once you get close to 300HP , you start burning up the clutches or breaking trans mounts...or the casing. which luckily Ive not done yet. :evillol: