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Maintenance & Repair Transmission Traumas?
2409 messages, Last post on Nov 27, 2009 at 7:16 AM
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I bought a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP (supercharged) 3 months ago. 80,000kms on it. Driving home from the lake today, passing cars at 130-140 kms per hour no problem. Get into the city, and my car starts rattling under the hood so bad. I made it to a local garage, fella there said the oil is fine,belts look fine, but it might be something very bad, that it would be best to take it back to the dealer. I had to leave it there, until I can have it towed to the dealership. No indicator lights came on, however, yesterday the car did tell me to check the trip computer. What's wrong with my car?
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Replying to: angelarose1 (Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm) |
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Replying to: angelarose1 (Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm) Also the supercharger can go bad and I believe the front bearing area can be replaced separately if that is the noise maker. The oil in the superchargers should be replaced regularly to get long life out of them. Or you can just replace it at 100K miles or so when it goes bad. Guessing at what a sound that is a rattle without hearing it ourselves is difficult!
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 03, 2008 11:18 am) |
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Replying to: angelarose1 (Jul 03, 2008 9:26 pm) 
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Replying to: angelarose1 (Jul 05, 2008 10:12 am)
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Replying to: angelarose1 (Jul 05, 2008 10:12 am) I've never heard of such a worthless warranty if you are correct. For 7000.00 I'm afraid that exceeds the value of the car. Tough break!
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Replying to: wtd44 (Jul 05, 2008 11:07 am) |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Jul 08, 2008 2:44 pm) |
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Hi, I am new to this forum and I can really use any thoughts or suggestions. I own a 1997 Saab 900SE turbo..automatic. The car needed an engine replacement a couple of years ago. I had this done at the dealer. They replaced the engine and the turbo with a used one. It was never done correctly and I have not driven the car much since then at all. I also replaced the transmission rang switch. Now, when you put the car in drive, it takes several seconds to engage into drive and even though it will go, It sounds and feels like it is all bound up..like the brakes are being applied when they are not. I also just learned that the shifter is slipped and nothing runs in its proper gear alignment on the shifter. The check engine light and the check gearbox light have been on but no actual codes are stored… I am told that it needs an alternator so that the low voltage code can be cleared in order to see if there are other codes related to the transmission. I have put too much money into the car already and if I have to replace the transmission, I do not want to replace the alternator just to find that out. I am also told that if there are no codes, they will need to drop the transmission for an inspection that may or may not tell them anything and ultimately, if all else has been eliminated, I may still be looking to replace the transmission. Given my list of symptoms of what the transmission is doing, does it sound like it could be the range switch again? Or if the gear linkage has slipped, would this cause any of this? Any thoughts? Could it even be the turbo? Does it sound like a definite internal transmission problem? The fluid is up there and all appears good with that. Thank you so much, I just need any information that can help me make determination on what to do. Thanks again
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