S-10 pickup, reverse will not engage
Kurai
11-11-2010, 07:25 PM
We've got a 99 S10 pickup, automatic transmission. Today during an outing with family, suddenly the vehicle wouldn't go in reverse and seemed a bit hard shifting through the first two gears.
When attempting to put in reverse, it behaves just as if it is in neutral. The engine RPMs do not increase--if anything, it idles a bit more slowly, just like it does when shifted into neutral.
Obviously this is some sort of transmission problem, but I'm not sure how major or minor it would be. I was hoping maybe just the shifter had come loose, but then again it wouldn't be going rough into the first few gears when driven, I don't believe, and it wouldn't go into all the other gears just fine, either.
I have a feeling that whatever it is was probably caused by rough handling, as my husband--the primary driver, and the driver today, sadly I wasn't there to witness the breaking--is NOTORIOUS for not allowing any vehicle to come to a full stop before slamming it into the opposite gear, no matter how many times I've warned him about just this very thing happening.
When attempting to put in reverse, it behaves just as if it is in neutral. The engine RPMs do not increase--if anything, it idles a bit more slowly, just like it does when shifted into neutral.
Obviously this is some sort of transmission problem, but I'm not sure how major or minor it would be. I was hoping maybe just the shifter had come loose, but then again it wouldn't be going rough into the first few gears when driven, I don't believe, and it wouldn't go into all the other gears just fine, either.
I have a feeling that whatever it is was probably caused by rough handling, as my husband--the primary driver, and the driver today, sadly I wasn't there to witness the breaking--is NOTORIOUS for not allowing any vehicle to come to a full stop before slamming it into the opposite gear, no matter how many times I've warned him about just this very thing happening.
MT-2500
11-12-2010, 05:59 AM
No Reverse is bad news.
It is a internal transmission problem.
Time for a rebuild or rebuilt or replacement transmission.
PS
Give the husband some driving training when it is fixed or he may break the new one.
Good luck
It is a internal transmission problem.
Time for a rebuild or rebuilt or replacement transmission.
PS
Give the husband some driving training when it is fixed or he may break the new one.
Good luck
exalteduser
11-16-2010, 06:50 PM
a little roll going from r to D isnt nearly as bad as rolling forward when you shift to R.... that may be what happened. or worse yet into park while rolling.
Personally i always stop all the way, I laugh at my neighbor because they do this all the time and now it clunks when they do it
Personally i always stop all the way, I laugh at my neighbor because they do this all the time and now it clunks when they do it
Markb873
11-18-2010, 08:56 PM
Try some sea-foam trans tune, the reverse check ball may be stuck with metal. It happened on my 4EL60-E transmission. It was still doomed but it gave me time to find a transmission.
viggy58
11-19-2010, 04:01 AM
slick-50 also makes some stuff that is almost like a red jelly... takes about 20 mins for the bottle to completely flow into the dipstick/filler. helped the trans in my 88 suburban tremendously... enough for me to drive it another 2 years and sell it anyways...
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