My trans wont shift out of first
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My trans wont shift out of first
i have been losing my mind about this all day. I was driving this morning for about 30 minutes around town, all was fine in D5. the light went green and the car stayed in first gear. i put it into SS it said 1, pushing up and down, nothing, gate shifted down to D1 then back up to D5, nothing, sitting high rpm. pulled over and turned it off then back on. and it would go through all of the gears really high, to 4-5k, then shift. no slipping at all, just high rpm hard shifting. slowly went home and parked it. my scanner says, no system errors, no running codes, no pending codes. NOTHING! ive been on here all day, shitting a kitten in research. only thing i can come close to in searching is TPS. anything anyone??? PLEASE???
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i am no expert but sounds like electronic... personally do not think is the actual tranny itself... there are some sensors in tranny that controll shifting (sends signal to ecu and back)... i know they are sometimes replaced... sorry for my rookie opinion (trying to help back, always get great help here)
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update, i drove it today and it shifts by itself at 3,500 RPM with a massive bang. if i put it in SS mode, it still waits until 3500rpm to shift to 2nd, then i can shift it myself in SS up and down the gears. also still accompanied by an extremely hard shift. still no transmission codes....
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update, i drove it today and it shifts by itself at 3,500 RPM with a massive bang. if i put it in SS mode, it still waits until 3500rpm to shift to 2nd, then i can shift it myself in SS up and down the gears. also still accompanied by an extremely hard shift. still no transmission codes....
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update, i drove it today and it shifts by itself at 3,500 RPM with a massive bang. if i put it in SS mode, it still waits until 3500rpm to shift to 2nd, then i can shift it myself in SS up and down the gears. also still accompanied by an extremely hard shift. still no transmission codes....
And you're not throwing a CEL? I find that strange.
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thing is that it is not slipping... tranny has sensors that control shifting... once i had a similar problem but with different car; back then it was the passing gear cable that goes to tranny, had snaped and kept in a "pull" position. Anyhow: the tranny posted by streetKA looks very good
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FIXED!!!!
car needed a new TPS sensor. excessive research, and talking to E30 and Paul led me to the TPS being a 20% possibility. didnt throw any kind of code until i unplugged the harness and re-connected it. got one off ebay, $30 shipped, then adjusted it with a voltmeter. 0.5v to 4.5v . car shifts like a champ and goes through every gear. im going to do another trans flush and filter as soon as the filter comes in from acura. almost cried when it hit me that i didnt need to blow 1k and a day on a trans swap
car needed a new TPS sensor. excessive research, and talking to E30 and Paul led me to the TPS being a 20% possibility. didnt throw any kind of code until i unplugged the harness and re-connected it. got one off ebay, $30 shipped, then adjusted it with a voltmeter. 0.5v to 4.5v . car shifts like a champ and goes through every gear. im going to do another trans flush and filter as soon as the filter comes in from acura. almost cried when it hit me that i didnt need to blow 1k and a day on a trans swap
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FIXED!!!!
car needed a new TPS sensor. excessive research, and talking to E30 and Paul led me to the TPS being a 20% possibility. didnt throw any kind of code until i unplugged the harness and re-connected it. got one off ebay, $30 shipped, then adjusted it with a voltmeter. 0.5v to 4.5v . car shifts like a champ and goes through every gear. im going to do another trans flush and filter as soon as the filter comes in from acura. almost cried when it hit me that i didnt need to blow 1k and a day on a trans swap![Thumbs Up](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
car needed a new TPS sensor. excessive research, and talking to E30 and Paul led me to the TPS being a 20% possibility. didnt throw any kind of code until i unplugged the harness and re-connected it. got one off ebay, $30 shipped, then adjusted it with a voltmeter. 0.5v to 4.5v . car shifts like a champ and goes through every gear. im going to do another trans flush and filter as soon as the filter comes in from acura. almost cried when it hit me that i didnt need to blow 1k and a day on a trans swap
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...thats awesome news! ....I dropped almost 3 k on my last tranny, so I am def feeling ya!
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can anyone tell me exactly what the book says for the volts of the TPS? ive read so many different variations from 0.45, 0.475, 0.49, 0.50, etc for closed throttle. what the hell is the correct spec? thanks!
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As close to .5v as you can get it at closed throttle and IIRC 4.5v at WOT.
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Whats up with RDX owners?
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You shouldnt have to.
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Having same issues with 2001 cl-s But all guages, windows, wipers work, lights work but reverse lights dont. I sometimes cant get it out of park and then it wont go out of first. I like the TPS for the trans problem but that wouldn't make the guages go out would it. This all started last night. help!!!
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My tranny (01 CL-S) popped about 4 years ago and had to replace it (thank fully under warranty) but it JUST started to get glitchy again! I'll keep in mind the TPS...hopefully I won't need to blow 6k (yes...$6000 here in Canada to get a remade tranny...)
I'm researching on how (and how difficult it is) to do an engine swap with the 08 TL-S with manual.
Auto trannies are too fussy!
I'm researching on how (and how difficult it is) to do an engine swap with the 08 TL-S with manual.
Auto trannies are too fussy!
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