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I am the owner of a 2003 Aerio S.. I am aware it is nothing special and seems most people are hating them, while I love my car for the fact Susie Q was my first!! Not only do I want to keep my first car but it is hard for a single mom to go buy a new one!! So here is my problem: lately before my car has completely warmed up, she has a problem with switching gears. My rpm's are just about red line when the car shifts down. A couple days ago I let her warm up for a few put it in reverse and its like nothing!! For the most part all I did was roll, the gas pedal didnt mean shite!! I put the car in Drive to at least park her again and still gas pedal seems pointless... Now I know my trans. fluid is burnt and has been for a while but no I was lazy! anyways.. I pray to god I do not have to rebuild or replace my transmission! If anybody knows what is going on with my car PLEASE reply and fill me in!! (car info) 03 base model w/close to 126k miles, air filter replaced w/ K&N short ram intake, keep the oil changed & the only problem I have ever had is the clock light doesn't work but I dont care. As far as I can see the belts look fine, there is a ticking for a short period after I turn it on, and I could top it off with a little anti freeze. The thought of a fuel pump problem of some sort crossed my mind but I dont know. I hope that info helped at least a little bit PLEASE somebody help me here ! ! ! thanks~ Lady Cash
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Replying to: ladycash20 (Oct 13, 2007 5:57 pm) Make sure they use the suction machine otherwise the fluid in the torque converter will not be changed. Should cost around 100 dollars. RIGHT NOW add fluid if it is low but DO get it changed now. If you continue to drive it like it is you WILL be replacing the tranny. How did you get the fluid burnt ? Did it overheat ? Or is the fluid just old ? I have been a fleet manager for many years and hate to be the bearer of bad news,but you really need to get that transmission flud changed now. |
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Replying to: logmgr (Jan 31, 2007 10:56 am) |
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Replying to: ladycash20 (Oct 13, 2007 5:57 pm) |
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Replying to: davidd5 (May 13, 2003 6:38 pm) |
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Replying to: ladycash20 (Oct 13, 2007 5:57 pm) Long ago, I had a major service, in which my transmission fluid was to have been at least checked. Three weeks later, my car, an automatic was popping out of gear - and kept going it. I call the service guy and he tells me to check the transmission fluid. It is OFF THE STICK, it is SO low! I'm freaked, but report my finding by telephone message. No answer. I call the dealer main line and leave a message. No call back. I leave another frantic message on my Service Guy's voice mail. In three weeks, never a call back. As it turned out, I put in like 2 1/2 bottles of fluid to bring the level back up, AND...the car as been fine, that way, ever since. Maybe you have something basic like that wrong? Also, now that it's been so cold lately, like down in the 30's or 40's at night, at least, the car takes a LOT longer to warm up. AND, during that warming period my car revs a LOT higher during that time period. This is an automatic, mind you, but it sometimes seems like it NOT going to automatically shift up, ...and then, it finally does. I garage outside. |
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Replying to: pychogirlfrien (Jan 23, 2008 2:39 pm) Do you know that a bad O2 sensor...there are 2 of them...one at the inlet and one at the outlet of the converter....will give the same code as catalitic converter ? Here is a rule I use....disconnect the battery for 30 seconds...reconnect..if the light is out do not worry about it....if it immediately comes back on then you have a "hard" fault. I drove a Toyota Corolla for over 100,000 miles while the light was on and the computer was giving a code of catalitic converter. Now the light could be on for ANY reason....bad cam position sensor, bad fuel injecter, etc etc etc....BUT...if you have not changed plugs since 30K that may be the nature of the problem as an incomplete fuel burn will make the O2 sensor trip the check engine light on....and if that tranny fluid has been in there since 30 K change that as well. IF you need a catalitic converter trust me they are available aftermarket for WAY WAY less than the price quoted you...check the local muffler shops...look online...you will find one. Also JCWHITNEY.COM sells a cleaner that you put in the fuel that will "clean up" the converter....it is under $20....I have never used it but I can see where it would work. Hope this helps.
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Everybody who owns an Aerio knows that tires going bald every couple of months, brake problems and violent shaking come included in the cost of the car. I have read a lot of posts of people who would like to start a class action , I have contacted and researched lawyers who do this and he needs only 3 people with the same problem to contact him. His name is Chris Kantrel with Belt Law Firm , he can be contacted at 1-888-933-1514. Hope this helps!
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Replying to: bindy (Feb 08, 2008 7:49 am) This is bogus. My daughter and I both have Aerios, and neither of us have had any of the above problems. As far as I know, the tire wear problems are largely limited to the 4wd models, and not all of those by any means. There is a known solution that involves putting alignment tabs on the rear suspension so that full alignment can be done. Just because you find 10 or 20 people on a complaint forum does not mean that you have a class action suit just waiting to happen. In many states, you have access to a lemon law suit, so that will handle many of the problems. I promise you, no lawyer worth looking at is going to start a class action for $400-500 worth of tires times three unless all three of those people have suffered severe injuries or a death in the family due to blown tires. Even there, it is really going to be tough to sell, because it takes an idiot to run on bald tires. Now, there is a well known problem on the Aerio with standard transmissions popping out of gear, especially 5th gear. If you ask them nicely, they will fix it, because they know it exists, so it is hard to get anything going there. If you try to proceed with less than a few hundred persons, your lawyer is going to want to charge you, and the cost can be high. If you've got that kind of money, you probably wouldn't be buying a Suzuki to start with, so I suspect that you are blowing steam here. |
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Replying to: rarchimedes (Feb 08, 2008 5:47 pm) Your inference that only an idiot would drive on bald tires is interesting as you fail to mention that the rear tire tread CANNOT be seen unless one gets under the car due to the configuration of the rear fenders/bumper which totally block any view of the tread! (are you SURE you own an Aerio or are you connected to Suzuki somehow which makes more sense) The only way to see the tread is to either have the neck of a giraffe, or to lie on the ground! And, there is a serious problem with this model. Suzuki even has a "fix" for this, but whether one gets the fix is left up to the individual dealerships. Interesting to note: out of 15 dealers I called in the USA, only a few (all in the North - none in the South) were aware of a problem and out of those, none agreed on the solution! In our case, it took several months of calling Suzuki's national number. They will do nothing unless you are tenacious - in our case they finally reimbursed us for the tires, and only after constant weekly calling! However, even after that, we are still left with no "fix" as our car's VIN isn't listed on their "known problem" list. Our back tires went completey bald - evenly with no pattern - after 4 months. The car was taken for routine new car maintenance & Suzuki obviously didn't check the tread or surely they would have seen this developing? The reason is obvious: They didn't check the tread as the car was brand new, just months old, & with low miles! It's also hard to get the " fix" when the dealer insists there is no problem, making matters worse as Suzuki uses the dealer's input whether there is a problem with a car. Interesting. So, Suzuki knows of the problem, has a fix, and yet the dealer decides whether any car gets the "fix"?! I think not! In our case, we had to go to a different dealer than the one who sold us the car, as we moved two days after we bought it, from CT to Tallahassee first, then Miami - all within 4 months. It's likely that FL dealers hadn't seen an AWD before ours, and so therefore lacked the knowledge of any problems or the "fix". The Miami dealer tried to blame the baldness on lack of tire rotation by us! However, the car, under new warranty, was serviced at a dealer in Tallahassee where we were for a few months, before going down to Miami. So this made matters worse & we got caught in the middle. The regional Suzuki rep got involved but he also deferred to the dealer in Miami who kept insisting that the problem was lack of tire rotation! Of course, the Tallahassee dealer admitted no wrong. So much for that. This was a classic "blow-off". And that's when I began to call around & found that only dealers in the northern USA knew of, or were informed of, a rear tire balding problem & the "fix" for it. Obviously, if only rear tires on an AWD car are balding, you have a big problem. So, if someone has found an attorney willing to try to help us, how dare you, without owning this particular car, swipe at us. We are trying to prevent injury here. I also got a similar trash talk reply when I first aired my frustration about this problem last year. Always blaming it on the owners! You really need to zip it as you only cause further frustration to those of us who are living through this!
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