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#2061 of 3934 maemark, 2002blksle...tranny probs..tires..Cliffy.. by webguyster Aug 06, 2002 (8:57 am)
If you think that is normal, it's time to test drive another car! I have never had a car that had that problem, not even with a Chrysler transmition!?! Good thing none of us seem to be using our Solaras for get-away cars, cuz while waiting for the tranny to warm up, nobody would get anywhere! ;^) IMO, there giving you the shaft!   Tires bald at 12,000 miles!?! My input about the drift/pull, and alignment issue is it will never go away, as I have found at 38,000 miles. I did not get premature wear from it, as it was aligned about every 6-8 weeks for the first year, and I just gave up. Michelins are shot at 40,000 miles, but what did I expect!?! They retail for around $130.00 to replace, per tire, if I chose to use the same brand. I posted about my last alignment, with the dealers new $80,000 something $$ machine,which gives them a printout of the specs using lasers, etc. The "SAI" (I believe) was out of spec (see GOOGLE), and highlighted in RED as it was recommended by the new machine that those specs were dangerous and could cause loss of control of the vehicle. That was after the alignment!!! The service advisor told me they could not fix it, cuz they did not know what it was. I drives straighter for a few hundred miles after alignemnets, but never like any of the loaner cars I get, or renatl cars I use frequently. My 2 cents, get used to it, or sell it.   Cliffy, since my transmition does not seem to have this crawl, is there something wrong with it????When I returned from Europe after being there a week, I had the taxi drop me at my car, I jumped in, and headed out for a soda with ice, as I had difficulty find ice cubes in Europe (Super size Coke Lite)! My car started and moved with no hesitation. There was a loud bang when starting, but no tranny hesitation!
#2062 of 3934 Webguyster by cliffy1 Aug 06, 2002 (9:11 am)
I'm not talking about the 30 to 60 second lag that the poster's tech described. I'm talking about shifting into gear IMMEDIATELY after starting. You will note the the RPMs start out fairly high at start up. If you shift during this time, something happens in the transmission that causes it to crawl. It is not a defect. It is a design characteristic. Most likely, you have never shifted into gear this quickly and would be unaware of this.
#2063 of 3934 Thanks cliffy by maemark Aug 06, 2002 (10:32 am)
I picked my car up and had another discussion with the tech. Cliffy's description is perfect. If the car has been unused for 5-7 days, it will crawl for a while until it operates normally. The tech actually said a few seconds to a minute. He assured me that they checked the tranny out and all is well. They may be right, but know I have the beginnings of a record in case it does develop into trouble late.   My car is basically great. No left pull, no hesitating, booming base fixed, rides, drives and looks great. I'm planning on keeping it a long long time so I need it to be good for a while.
#2064 of 3934 maemark by cliffy1 Aug 06, 2002 (10:40 am)
The longer it sits, the longer this "warm up" will take (again, we're talking a few seconds here). Another thing I can suggest if this ever happens again is to stop, take the car out of gear momentarily and put it back into gear. You will hear the engine RPMs drop. When we are moving the cars on the lot and they have sat a while, we find this gets it back to normal function.
#2065 of 3934 2004 Solara by serenesurf Aug 06, 2002 (3:53 pm)
Does anyone have any information on the new redesigned 2004 Solara due out this spring? That is exactly when I intend to buy and I need to know which model I want to get! The only info I can find so far (which is basically nothing is at consumerguide.com).
#2066 of 3934 cliffy1- by fastdriver Aug 06, 2002 (4:25 pm)
cliffy1-   Thanks. I still keep my eyes open in here because my 80+ year old aunt still has her 99 SLE with every option except the moonroof. Not one problem. Think she only has about 13 or 14,000 miles on it. She still wants to sell it and get a Camry because the Solara doors are hard for her to handle in her 1 car garage getting in and out of the car. This car would be a gem for someone.   fastdriver
#2067 of 3934 Solara satisfaction by Canc Aug 06, 2002 (6:21 pm)
I too have to add that I'm also extremely satisfied with this car.   The hesitations, or chugging, that I referred to in my previous posts, have been checked out at the dealer. No problems whatsoever anywhere. I had the chance of driving it again lately for a long period of time, and I noticed that it only does it at 70 km/h, and according to Toyota techs, this is the point where it goes into overdrive, so if you cruise steadily at this speed, it would probably start "gear hunting", not knowing if it should downshift or not.   I'm still amazed at how quiet and comfortable this car really is. Whenever I get into other cars and then get back into my Solara, I realize how serenely quiet it is! I wonder if the new Camry is as quiet as the Solara. Did anyone get the chance to compare?   On a completely different note, I saw this Aerostar proudly bearing a giant "NOS" logo in the back glass. Hmm, it just looks weird on a minivan.
#2068 of 3934 Canc...New Camry... by webguyster Aug 07, 2002 (9:30 am)
Your tranny searching gears, is then similar to what I refered to before. Cruising at a constant speed, then out of nowhere, RPM's drop(you posted not noticing this), then after collecting ones whits, it drives fine for a little while. Mine doesn't seem to do this frequently, but after reading thrugh your posts, the problem seems more similiar than I thought before.   I had a chance the last time my Solara was in for service to drive the all new Toyota Camry. Sorry, the time before last. Last time I had the Corolla. Felt like a new car, but Camry LE model felt "cheap", like too much sheet metal upfront, and nothing under the hood, but space or air. I remember being able to see under the hood, near the windshield as I was driving. Between the new Camry, and the old Solara, I would of course go with the new, simply cuz it's new! As far as quiet or serene, it smelled nice like a new car, and the windows went up faster than my Solaras. It did not seem to have as much sound dampering, as the Solara did, when it was new.   Anyone know how to get rid of the "spots" in the rear window of the Solara??? The green tinted window, isbeginning to look like bubble wrap. They are getting progressivly worse, and don't come off with Windex. Any suggestions?
#2069 of 3934 spots? by Canc Aug 08, 2002 (4:39 am)
What do you mean by that?
#2070 of 3934 Spots in the rear window ... by webguyster Aug 09, 2002 (9:01 am)
The rear window of my Solara has started (or always had, but not noticed) spots, in the green tint color, which are most apparent around sundown, when driving home, looking through the rear window, visable from inside and outside. They are uniform, and all over the rear window. They are the size of an old Kennedy 1/2 dollar. Does anyone elese notice these, and/or are they "NORMAL" like the transmition gear searching intermittantly, or the car crawling, if it is drivin too soon after starting it???

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