bradigirl's husband here, The trans fluid level was correct, I did a trans fluid change anyway, and the original plug was in the pan that comes from the factory, indicating that the fluid has not been changed since it was bought. It currently has 160,000+ miles on it. (yikes!) anyways, took it out for a test drive afterwards heres what I found:
When it's in park and neutral it has a whine that is consistent with the engine speed. I put it into any gear and the whine stops while not moving. I put it into drive and start moving at about 5-10 mph and it whines, as soon as I feel it drop into 2nd gear the whining stops, I speed up more and when it gets to 38mph it starts slipping and engine speed increases with no acceleration (like I pushed the clutch pedal in on a manual trans). At this speed also the whining is not present also.
Equally when I am slowing down from this speed 38mph or so, i get back down to 20 or so and there is no slipping, I slown down more to 5-10mph (probably 1st gear is engaged) and it starts whining again, until I finally stop and it is quiet. Put it into Park and whines again.
Very strange behavior, if this helps diagnosis what could be wrong your help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
