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Hi guys, I am having a strange transmission problem which is never heard of. The problem is in the reverse. When it first put into reverse and step on the accelerator paddle everything functions normally until I lift off the paddle and press on it again. The car feels like as if the parking brake is also applied at the same time and it just doesn’t move like it should even if I floor the gas paddle. The only work around is to put it into neutral then into R again, give it gas and don’t let go. I don’t know much about how exactly the transmission works. Please help if you have a clue. I just don’t want to spend money to rebuild the whole thing since the cost may be higher than the value of the car.
Thanks a ton guys.
Shermen
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Sounds like a really odd issue, do you have to switch to N, than back to R every time you lift off the gas?
Do you sometimes have to go between N/R a couple of times for it to work?
Does your [S4] light on the dash flash? Or any other check/maint. Light come on?
How many miles on the car, and was to transmission fluid ever changed?
Did you check the fluid level? (warm up the car to normal operating temp, park on level ground, and check the transmission dipstick.
Perhaps the parking brake self-adjusters are over-adjusting the rear pads and aren’t releasing when going in reverse?
Yes Kenzo, it is definitely odd. I do need to switch back to N from R in order to clear the drag then back to R and step on the gas paddle continuasly. I never had to do it a couple of times. It works every time after I “reset” it. I don’t have a flashing D4 light nor a check engine light. I have put on about 190k since I bought it new. The transmission fluid was changed about one and a half years ago by a complete flush and the level is fine.
Evil-I, your idea is also possible. Is there a way to temporarily disable the brake self-adjuster just to verify if it is the cause of this issue? I don’t know where to start looking but from the mechanical point of view, will the self-adjuster cause the lock up when the car reverse, slow down then go again?That might help but I’m not sure If I were up to the task for that. Anyway, I just did more test. I re-created the symptom by going reverse, stop and reverse again until the drag felt strong. I left it in N without any like of brake applied. Jacked up the rear and turned the wheels just to see if the brake is limiting them but unfortunately, maybe fortunately, both rear wheels spin freely. I also stopped the car headed up on a hill road, let go the brake and let the car roll backward, both in N and in R with the same gas and stop manner. I didn’t notice any drag in either case. I then turned the car around, headed downhill and did the test. As expected, no problem at all the first time in R and gave gas, but it dragged like hell when my foot off the paddle and stepped on it again.
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