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Posted by soccerguymi - 11-28-2004 at 12:05 AMi have a 92 dodge shadow with an automatic trans. all of a sudden a few weeks back it wouldn't go into reverse when the car was cold. along with this, it was having problems going into third gear. this also was at its worst when the car was cold. so i tried changing the transmission fluid. i did not notice an abnormal amount of shavings in the bottom of the pan. after changing the fluid, reverse has never failed me again. but i'm still having trouble getting into third. ive noticed that by bringing it up to 4000 rpms and taking my foot off the gas usually gets it to switch. now that the weather is getting colder even that method is started to get worse. fluid levels are fine. any ideas on if i need a new trans or possibly something may be sticking? any help would be appreciated!
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The problem is in the direct clutch housing. Those clutches are applied in both reverse and third gear only. The reason reverse is still seeming to be working is because in reverse not only the direct clutches are applied but also the low-reverse band/clutches (depending on trans model) is appled. Now your basically only relying on the band/low-reverse clutches to take up all the slack for reverse. Probably won't be long before reverse starts going away again. The band won't be able to hold up the preasure all by itself alone in reverse for long (depending on driving conditions of course, miles, type of driving...). Internal problem, sorry.