Transmision question

[memo27]

I've notice in my 2002 Impala LS that when I start driving it all the gears chande smoothly. The way that they're suppost to change. Then, after driving it for a while when the first gear changes it doesn't feel as smooth. It has like a little kick to it. Like it pulls the car a little bit. It changes gear find it just feels a heavier kick when it changes. It's just in the first gear, after that it's smooth. I don't know if it's normal or I'm having problems. Anybody has any ideas.

[3.4imp]

my impala did the same thing. I think it might be some kind of throw out bearing or something. chevy rebuilt my tranny (they said, like i believe those f*%^#ing liars.)

[Pat_OD]

is it still under warranty?

[memo27]

No is not under warranty, but it stoped doing it. Yesterday worked just fine. With no problem. Hopefully it stays that way.

[memo27]

I bought my car from one of my friends. He bought the extended warranty on the car up to 100,000 miles. The car right now has 60,00. But I want to know since he sold me the car if the warranty is still good. If I can use the warranty in case that it breaks down.

[gramsof1]

Ok folks,

Here is what our tranny is doing in our '01 with 51,000 miles. Having read a few other posts, I am NOT encouraged. I am not even sure if we have the "bad" tranny, but it sure sounds like it. We have the 3.4 size engine.

A few weeks ago we started noticing a slightly harder shift, at time, not all the time. The we have a fairly sttep hill and we noticed when we pulled into the parking space there was s distict burning odor - like electrical to me. Then when going up the hill, we could hear a whining which seems to get worse with more load against the trans.
Of course our extended warranty ended at 50,000 miles.

This morning my husband took it into GM dealer (these are the same ones who had to do all the BCM replacements when the *&^*%^ car wouldn't start. That problem seems to be fixed and at their nickel).
Anyway, they said it would probably need around $2,000 in repairs but they couldn't say for sure until they looked at it. He was told it wasn't dangerous so he said he would have to talk to the pocketbook and go from there. Then he went to a very respected tranny repair shop. He took the car out for a test drive and took it up "the hill". Of course it shifted just fine, didn't whine or smell. On returning to the shop, my husband noticed the back of the lot had a slight rise so he had the guy drive to there and take his foot off the brake. Of course the car rolled backward. It has done this since the day we bought it. We have complained and complained about it to the GM dealer but they maintain, it is normal. We have never had an automatic that wouldn't "hold" itself on a slight rise without having to hold the brake. Thsi guy said there is definitely something wrong. He thinks it may be the solonoid or even the computer setting may be wrong. He's guessing about $600.00 for him to check it all out and if it needs fixing, which includes a flush and refill.

My husband told the tranny guy about what the GM dealer had said and he said that GM does NOT repair trannys. They send them out or have the tranny replaced. At least this one does it that way.

We don't know what to think. And we wonder if the backsliding problem is a problem with this transmission in particular. i tols my husband I was going to research on the web and if it is in any way linked to the problem we are having now - it will be a visit to the owner of the dealership along with some very nasty words and a letter to GN.

All thoughts are welcome!
Thanks in advance

[micali]

mine won't hold on a hill. It's these new trannys that they put in the impalas. mine wouldn't upshift on the hwy unless I let off the gas a little thenit would. I had a smell that was from the CAT being clogged and I had the CAT replaced and the car runs fine and shifts smooth.

[IFIXCARZ4U]

I am a GM technician and it really jerks my chain when people bad mouth dealerships. you peons have no clue what it takes to work on todays vehicles. It is complicated and demading work which you crybabies could never do if you had to. Now as to the holding on a hill test it is a big scam for the independent transmission shop. Show me in any service repair manual for any vehicle built a hill holding test and i'll quit my job and sing show tunes for a living!!!! As far as having a hard shift take the vehicle to a Qualified Dealership (Ask around for people who had good luck with a particular Dealer) and just have them check for any stored DTC's. These transmissions are very sensitive to shifting problems. if there are any codes set it raises line pressure to maximum to avoid further damage. If there are no codes set there is NO PROBLEM.

As far as overhauling transmissions if it is under warranty it must be removed and dissassembled for inspection if it is cheaper to rebuid it then that is what must be done NOT just replaced. And yes ALL GM transmissions are rebuilt by someone else stictly for GM mostly in Mexico, THANKS NAFTA.

If it is a customer pay transmission overhaul it usually is replaced rather than rebuilt, only because you get a better warranty with a replacement 3 years 50,000 miles, as compared to 12 months 12,000 miles for an in house overhaul. NOW SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE YOU WHINERS!!!!!!!!!

[gramsof1]

Originally Posted by IFIXCARZ4U

I am a GM technician and it really jerks my chain when people bad mouth dealerships. you peons have no clue what it takes to work on todays vehicles. It is complicated and demading work which you crybabies could never do if you had to. Now as to the holding on a hill test it is a big scam for the independent transmission shop. Show me in any service repair manual for any vehicle built a hill holding test and i'll quit my job and sing show tunes for a living!!!! As far as having a hard shift take the vehicle to a Qualified Dealership (Ask around for people who had good luck with a particular Dealer) and just have them check for any stored DTC's. These transmissions are very sensitive to shifting problems. if there are any codes set it raises line pressure to maximum to avoid further damage. If there are no codes set there is NO PROBLEM.

As far as overhauling transmissions if it is under warranty it must be removed and dissassembled for inspection if it is cheaper to rebuid it then that is what must be done NOT just replaced. And yes ALL GM transmissions are rebuilt by someone else stictly for GM mostly in Mexico, THANKS NAFTA.

If it is a customer pay transmission overhaul it usually is replaced rather than rebuilt, only because you get a better warranty with a replacement 3 years 50,000 miles, as compared to 12 months 12,000 miles for an in house overhaul. NOW SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE YOU WHINERS!!!!!!!!!

You know, I would take your advice and go to a qualified dealer if there was one. but since there is only 1 GM dealer in the area, it makes it a bit hard, especially when you have dealt with them in the past and are not totally satisfied with the results. It's easy for you to sit here and write mean mouthed comments to concerned people who have not had good luck with their Impalas. We bought this car in good faith and we expect the transmission to last longer than 50,000 miles. We are not 20 year old who have never had a car before. We have had approximately 8 new cars in the 42 years we have been married. Not ONE of them had a tranny go out while we had them and we put over 50,000 miles on all of them. It seems to me when any number of people have the same problem with a vehicle, regardless of the brand, they is probably a problem with that vehicle. Now if GM won't stand behind their product, as in our case, 1400 miles past warranty, it doesn't say much for them.
I think it is very "unfair" of you to criticize our very real concerns.
Also, not everybody in the world can just fork over 85 to 90 bucks an hour to see what the problem might be. In our case, when both of us are unemployed, it would mean a bank loan and try and get one when you are out of work. Downsizing is a _ itch! You at least are probably working.

[403]

I have a 2001 impala w/ police package and 4t65e trans,which I bought new in 2001. I am the only driver. I bring it to the dealer for all maintainance including oil changes every 3000 miles. At 42,000 miles the car felt like it had a broken motor mount.I brought it to the dealer and was told it had a broken input carrier assy and 4th clutch hub stripped out.Since the same dealer has performed all the maintainance they contacted GM who covered $3000.00 of the $3500.00 bill as a good will repair.While I don't think a heavy duty transmission in a car that is not abused should break at 42000 miles,if you have receipts and are loyal to your dealership ask them to check with GM for help with the repair.

Originally Posted by gramsof1

You know, I would take your advice and go to a qualified dealer if there was one. but since there is only 1 GM dealer in the area, it makes it a bit hard, especially when you have dealt with them in the past and are not totally satisfied with the results. It's easy for you to sit here and write mean mouthed comments to concerned people who have not had good luck with their Impalas. We bought this car in good faith and we expect the transmission to last longer than 50,000 miles. We are not 20 year old who have never had a car before. We have had approximately 8 new cars in the 42 years we have been married. Not ONE of them had a tranny go out while we had them and we put over 50,000 miles on all of them. It seems to me when any number of people have the same problem with a vehicle, regardless of the brand, they is probably a problem with that vehicle. Now if GM won't stand behind their product, as in our case, 1400 miles past warranty, it doesn't say much for them.
I think it is very "unfair" of you to criticize our very real concerns.
Also, not everybody in the world can just fork over 85 to 90 bucks an hour to see what the problem might be. In our case, when both of us are unemployed, it would mean a bank loan and try and get one when you are out of work. Downsizing is a _ itch! You at least are probably working.

[bermis519]

Well to the person who called us whiners....ya i understand that it's hard to work on todays cars. Well when i get a car, i want something that is going to last many years and not have a bunch of problems. I for a fact have every right to "whine" about me car, because i have had problems after problems. Had the tranny ripped apart, the motor, and a huge list of parts replaced. If you consider this normal maintances then ya maybe you should go sing show toons for the rest of your life. People spend a lot of money on cars and they have every right to bitch when something happens to their cars. I take offense to your post because of the problems i have had, and then for you to sit there and call us whiners. GM cars are shit and i will not buy another one for awhile. I have but about $6500 bucks into mine. If you want to hear what i have been through then email me because i'm would be more then happy to tell you all about it. Just don't give peope a bunch of crap for complaining about their cars because....after thats what this forum is for!!!!!

Mike

[gramsof1]

Originally Posted by 403

I have a 2001 impala w/ police package and 4t65e trans,which I bought new in 2001. I am the only driver. I bring it to the dealer for all maintainance including oil changes every 3000 miles. At 42,000 miles the car felt like it had a broken motor mount.I brought it to the dealer and was told it had a broken input carrier assy and 4th clutch hub stripped out.Since the same dealer has performed all the maintainance they contacted GM who covered $3000.00 of the $3500.00 bill as a good will repair.While I don't think a heavy duty transmission in a car that is not abused should break at 42000 miles,if you have receipts and are loyal to your dealership ask them to check with GM for help with the repair.

Well if our problem had started at 42,000 miles it would have been under waranty still. It ran out at 50,000 miles or 5 years. The problem started at 51,000 miles. Yes we have had the car to this shop many times and they have done a lot of work on it. all warranty, so they are very familiar with it. No we haven't taken it to them for oil changes because they charge too much but we have kept records of when we did the changes, etc. They told us our warranty was over, period. They also gave us a tol free number to set up an appointment - this is a number in California - to schedule an appt in Washington. Go figure. this dealership has gotten too big and the customers have become numbers instead of customers. This is not the first car we have bought there either. It may just be the last though. Those 100,000 mile Kia and Hyundai warranties are looking better all the time. Their cars are looking pretty nice too.

[finalshaft]

72,300 mi Tranny went out. Told by tranny shop, sell or rebuild.

Is that any way to treat an '02 Imapala? Especially after I suffered the CatConverter problem (replaced at 49,500mi) and the Coolant leak at 64,000mi.

NYC

[IFIXCARZ4U]

Originally Posted by bermis519

Well to the person who called us whiners....ya i understand that it's hard to work on todays cars. Well when i get a car, i want something that is going to last many years and not have a bunch of problems. I for a fact have every right to "whine" about me car, because i have had problems after problems. Had the tranny ripped apart, the motor, and a huge list of parts replaced. If you consider this normal maintances then ya maybe you should go sing show toons for the rest of your life. People spend a lot of money on cars and they have every right to bitch when something happens to their cars. I take offense to your post because of the problems i have had, and then for you to sit there and call us whiners. GM cars are shit and i will not buy another one for awhile. I have but about $6500 bucks into mine. If you want to hear what i have been through then email me because i'm would be more then happy to tell you all about it. Just don't give peope a bunch of crap for complaining about their cars because....after thats what this forum is for!!!!!

Mike

OH BOO HOO

[IFIXCARZ4U]

Originally Posted by gramsof1

You know, I would take your advice and go to a qualified dealer if there was one. but since there is only 1 GM dealer in the area, it makes it a bit hard, especially when you have dealt with them in the past and are not totally satisfied with the results. It's easy for you to sit here and write mean mouthed comments to concerned people who have not had good luck with their Impalas. We bought this car in good faith and we expect the transmission to last longer than 50,000 miles. We are not 20 year old who have never had a car before. We have had approximately 8 new cars in the 42 years we have been married. Not ONE of them had a tranny go out while we had them and we put over 50,000 miles on all of them. It seems to me when any number of people have the same problem with a vehicle, regardless of the brand, they is probably a problem with that vehicle. Now if GM won't stand behind their product, as in our case, 1400 miles past warranty, it doesn't say much for them.
I think it is very "unfair" of you to criticize our very real concerns.
Also, not everybody in the world can just fork over 85 to 90 bucks an hour to see what the problem might be. In our case, when both of us are unemployed, it would mean a bank loan and try and get one when you are out of work. Downsizing is a _ itch! You at least are probably working.

I'm sorry if u are an unskilled MORON