So me and Stroke Z headed to Hidden Falls this weekend and had some great fun. Unfortunately i've developped some tranny issues. Not because of this weekend I've been noticing some symptoms before but didn't know what it was amounting to.
When I first noticed the issue (not this weekend) it was in the form of slipping while in reverse. If i tapped the gas in reverse it had a hesitant delay like it was out of gear and popped in.
Next symptom was some harder than normal downshifts and a bit of a popping sound. (not sure if this is realted)
This weekend i first had a big issue while going up a steep incline. In 4 low going up an incline it started going in and out of gear (jumping/lurching forward) until finally it would give up and go to 4th gear limp home mode and not do anything. You could rev the engine and nothing moved or even attempted to do so. I had to then coast backwards down the hill and I turned off the car and back on to reset the limp home mode. This issue came up every time I did anything with a very steep angle.
At one point my CEL came on and i key danced the code and found two :
I looked them up and one was low trans fluid. The other was improper gear ratio. I checked the fluid and it was normal. (Stroke Z suggested maybe the filter is clogged)
On the way home shifts became harder than normal. Eventually the car went into what I assume is a limp home mode and stayed in 4th the entire way (austin to houston). When using the gear selector the numbers changed but the actual gear did nothing. I didn't stop or put the gear in park untill back in houston cause i figured at least i'll get home first before messing it up farther.
When I got home i put it in Park and back in drive and it would only stay in first. Thankfully I waited to do this when i got back to houston. Now comes the task of figuring this out.