i recently had a short in my dash lights, fixed that . had some wires naked that were grounding out in the pass. side running lights. now a day later all of a sudden the tranny is acting up. it acts like the motor is hesitating , spitting and sputtering but i can manually pull it down to 2nd and it will then shift out but start slipping in the other gears. i know its not the engine cuz i can also put it in neutral when it acts up and the engine does fine. its got to be the tranny right?? i just wanted to make sure the dash light short had nothing to do with it, probably a silly Q but had to ask.

just went and put my code scanner on it and it throws code # P1870, says trans component slipping

What year and engine and transmission and mileage?
A transmission does not spit or spudder or hesitate.
Sounds like you have a engine running problem.
Check your engine running problems first.
How is the tune up end/
When was Last tune up?
On the transmission clear codes and see if that code comes back.
Post back if it does.
MT

i recently had a short in my dash lights, fixed that . had some wires naked that were grounding out in the pass. side running lights. now a day later all of a sudden the tranny is acting up. it acts like the motor is hesitating , spitting and sputtering but i can manually pull it down to 2nd and it will then shift out but start slipping in the other gears. i know its not the engine cuz i can also put it in neutral when it acts up and the engine does fine. its got to be the tranny right?? i just wanted to make sure the dash light short had nothing to do with it, probably a silly Q but had to ask.

based on the engines operation in gear under load and I don't think it matters much exactly what model it is this appears to be igntion problems ...


if you put a tach on the engine and in gear the rpms surge then you also have a bad transmission....


if it was only your transmission failing it would slip ,, rpms would rise, and your speed will drop rapidly...


your vehicle needs lots of inspecting/troubleshooting to deterime how much is in need of repair...include any past history as well as the vehicles specific detail info...