| Replacing an automatic transmission, can be more | | | | before you should have it checked, it is not urgent |
| expensive than replacing the entire car. However, | | | | right now, but it could become a major problem. |
| long before the transmission problems have reached | | | | Even if you have not noticed a leak under the car, if |
| the point of no return, it will show you signs that it is | | | | you do notice that your fluid levels have dropped, |
| in trouble. If you are aware of what these signs are, | | | | then by all means, check them. The transmission fluid |
| and what they could signify, then you have a chance | | | | should be a translucent red color, if it has a cloudy or |
| at catching the transmission problems before it is too | | | | muddy color, or has a burnt smell to it, that means |
| late to do anything except replace the transmission, | | | | that the fluid needs to be changed. |
| or the car. Repairing potential issues, is much less | | | | If you feel vibrations when you are shifting gears, or |
| inexpensive then replacing because of the issues. | | | | if the car seems to stutter and drag through a gear |
| Pay Attention to the Hints from Your Car. | | | | shift, this is a clear sign of trouble. The problem could |
| When people get sick, we understand that our | | | | be something minor, like you are low on fluid, or it |
| bodies are trying to tell us that something is wrong. | | | | could be more serious, like damaged transmission |
| And so we either go to the doctor, or to the drug | | | | cables. |
| store to get medicine for ourselves. If our noses | | | | Your transmission should be able to run smoothly and |
| start running, or we start coughing or sneezing, if we | | | | in relative silence. Any sort of whiny or grinding noise |
| start to feel sluggish, or run down, we know that we | | | | that seems to be coming from under the |
| are sick. By the time we start running a fever, we | | | | floorboards, is a severe cause for concern. This could |
| realize that we really need to see a doctor. The | | | | indicate that there is a problem with the gears, or |
| same thought process could and should be applied to | | | | with the valves. |
| our cars. The examples listed below, are the hints | | | | An overheating transmission is the worst hint that |
| that we are given by our car when it is trying to tell | | | | you can encounter, because at this point, it means |
| us that it needs to see a car doctor, the mechanic. | | | | that your car has already shown you all the other |
| Tell Tale Hints Of Transmission Trouble. | | | | hints, and you either missed them completely, or did |
| Take a look underneath your car, if you see any wet | | | | not know what they meant. Overheating is a clear |
| spots or stains on the ground, then something is | | | | sign of quite a few potential problems. From a |
| leaking. Any sort of leak is a sign that something not | | | | solenoid that is damaged, to a restriction in the oil |
| good is going on, but if the stain is red in color, then | | | | cooler. The only option left to you by the time this |
| the leak is most likely coming from your transmission. | | | | occurs, is to take your car in to be serviced. |
| If it is only a few drops, then you have some time | | | | |