Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Transaxle Am I about to lose the tranny???

I was stuck behind some moron on the NJ Turnpike doing about 55. He started to move over finally and I punched it. The tranny kicked down to 2nd gear and the revs jumped as usual, then I had to back off because he fainted back into the left lane, then quickly back into the right. I got back in it again. My revs were still high due to throttle hang and when I got back on the gas it felt like the car was in neutral the revs skyrocketed sans forward motion. I let off and slowly back on and everything seemed fine. Any thoughts??

my car revved up one night after some slightly abusive driving, sorta like the car didn't shift outta second just kept revving.

Have you checked the fluid level lately and has it ever been changed?

I have found that when there are sudden extreme changes of the throttle, the trans gets confused. In 1st or 2nd, a suddenly dropping the throttle at high revs will induce a hard shift that will make you think the trans is trying to drop out of the car. I have had the same thing happen with the same conditions as you have rapid on-off-on=false neutral. After you let off for a couple of seconds, the trans figures things out, decides on a gear, and away you go. I bought my SE with 63K on it, it now has 96K, and it has done the above since I got it. I have just got in the habit of never letting off suddenly in the lower gears.

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I have found that when there are sudden extreme changes of the throttle, the trans gets confused.

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I agree. It has happened to me a few times too.

Originally posted by revrev:

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I have just got in the habit of never letting off suddenly in the lower gears.

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happens in 1st to 2nd shift, also in the habit, probably makes people think i'm a bad driver sometimes when i should be slowing down sooner. the false neutral thing sorta freaked me out though when it happened...... i wonder if my chip has changed any of these things.