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Sedans Oldsmobile Intrigue Oldsmobile Intrigue Transmission / Suspension Problems
109 messages, Last post on Oct 09, 2009 at 4:12 AM
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I recently purchased a GLS from a very good used car lot - willing to fix anything in the first month. Also with a drivetrain and transmission warranty for 2 years or 30,000 miles. Three times now while highway driving the car started to shake and shudder, really felt it in the steering wheel. Felt like a wheel was out of balance. This happened between 40 and 65 mph. They checked it out - no codes. Thinking the engine might be missing I punched it down - only got worse as speed increased. I let off the gas and while approaching a stop the car didn't seem to roll freely - any ideas.
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Replying to: pastort (Dec 29, 2005 7:17 pm) |
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Hello, I have a '99 Olds Intrigue GX with an Automatic transmission with 113,000 miles on it. I've owned it for the past 3 1/2 years with no major issues until the past year. I'm experiencing hard shifting from time to time (lasting one or two jerks that only happen maybe once every few weeks or so) that gets a lot worse when I'm doing "stop and go" city driving in warm weather. It first got worse for me I want to say it was late last summer. Hubby has a Scan Tool and was able to pull a Code of P0742 - Torque Converter Clutch Stuck On. The hard shifting eventually subsided completely when the weather got colder, but now that it's been getting into the 90s, last Wednesday night it got worse again. After the car sitting for several hours while I was at work I drove a few blocks to to pick up a friend, car sat for a couple minutes, drove a few blocks to the park, the car sat for a 1/2 hour, drove a few blocks to drop off my friend, and along the way it started jerking a bit and acting up. In the past, sometimes if I just manually shift the car, it helps to better control the car so that's what I did. However, after I dropped her off, when I was on my way home, it got much worse. I didn't even a few blocks from my friend's house before it was hard shifting no matter how I drove it and it did this for about 3 miles or so. I turned the car around so that I could park it back at my workplace a couple miles away. 30 minutes passed with the car off and my husband drove it home without any trouble. I have driven it since with very little problems, and we even drove it on a road trip yesterday (highway miles mostly) taking it about 120 miles from home with little problem. Any suggestions, or has anyone else experienced the same thing?? ~Tracy |
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Replying to: tres_74 (May 29, 2006 8:28 am) I had the exact thing happen last summer. It shifted incredibly hard and made a "clunking" noise from time to time, always during city driving. I would pull over, turn it off, and restart. Worked every time...but I don't know why. I posted here and it seems lots of people have had this problem. Someone wrote that they heard disconnecing the battery for 30 min or so helped, so I tried it.....oddly enough, I haven't had the problem since. Now, I don't know if the problem will return this summer, but I'd say it hasn't happened since last July. Very odd problem. Anyway, Sorry I'm not much help...but if you figure out the real root of the problem let me know. |
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Replying to: tres_74 (May 29, 2006 8:28 am) You might want to get a transmission fluid and filter change before adding it though if you haven't had that service during the past 3 years.
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Replying to: tres_74 (May 29, 2006 8:28 am)
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Replying to: mick1 (Jun 04, 2006 12:35 pm) This has happened several times and I have not been able to get it to do it while at the dealer. Today I went to the parts store and bought a code scanner but the check engine light had went off. I connected the scanner anyway and retrieved code P0742 which says something about the torque converter solenoid being stuck. Does this make sense and is there anything you could point to that would help me solve this problem? A. Gee, a GM product with a stuck TCC solenoid, how rare. Actually this is very common on GM vehicles. You would think after ten years of problems with it, they would have come up with a better way of controlling the lockup torque converter. It seems like it is just sticking intermittently so I would suggest a transmission fluid and filter change to see if the clean fluid will clean out the TCC solenoid. If not, it will have to be replaced.
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Replying to: bayview6 (Jun 06, 2006 4:01 am) |
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Replying to: bayview6 (May 30, 2006 9:00 am) A bit nervous about the transmission only because the tranny went on my old Delta 88 at 95K!! Interestingly enough, I also had the transmission fluid replaced etc (brother did that for me so not exactly sure what was done) last December. Seems like the car jerks when the car shifts. I bought some Lucas product to try...is this as good as the Napa product? I figured, it can't hurt and might even help. Should I have my mechanic try this wire-clipping trick too? Don't want to replace the transmission! Thanks for any suggestions, Di
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