transmission problem?

[engjon]

hey guys, i have a quick question hopefully someone can shed some light on for me..

Wednesday, us in NY got hit with about 15 inches of snow or so. i was trying to get out of the snow (without a shovel) by being dumb and doing all the wrong moves people warn you about. i was flooring the car and rocked back and forth a few times..

i have a 2006 toyota solara se 4 cylinder

anyway my car seemed fine since then and now 3 days later this morning when i started driving my car, i smelt somekind of a burning smell. i thought it was the tires and didn't think of is as something serious. Then as the day went on my car was working really hard and revving high as i was going up hills. It seemed as though my gears weren't switching as well. **my check engine light came on too.. About 30 minutes later i was having trouble even accelerating and it seemd as if i was in first gear and my rpms were at 4,000 and i was going about 20 mph. I just tried to start my car to see if it would work after giving it a rest and same deal. i tred to reverse it and i had to press it pretty hard and it jolted in reverse.

i wonder if it was because of driving in a lower gear wednesday or if it could do with my misuse trying to get out of the snow. it's a 2006 so it's a fairly new car but im dreading to find out if it is indeed the tranny...any feedback would be appreciated..

thanks everyone!

[Ruski]

what was the check engine code ?

[engjon]

it looks like an engine that says "CHECK" underneath it

[bksolara]

same happened to me when we got our first snow storm i floored it and days and days i had a funny burning smell in my car but its gone now, but today i took it easy and still the tires smelled of smoke

[engjon]

but are your gears not catching?
my gears are not catching and when it does catch it "jolts"

[bksolara]

no im not having those problems, and my accerlaration is still on point

[michaelr295]

you need find out what code is the cel and i think you might need to swap out trans

[engjon]

how do i find out the code

[SC V6]

When you floor it to try to get out of snow, you will cause the tranmission fluid to heat up very quickly, and will cause problems... your not moving anywhere, which means no airflow over the engine/transmission or the radiator/tranmission cooler... bad things happen when you do things like this


I should add that when the ATF heats up like that, it will spew out of the overfill container... hopefully you didn't burn up any clutches.. just watch it and possibly get a trans flush if it doesn't clear up after a few

[engjon]

thanks for the kind words SC! so this should be a temporary ordeal and i should be back in action in a few days?

hopefully tomorrow my mechanic is working and i will bring it in to see what he says and i'll mention the trans flush.

i know this is getting ahead of myself but i was already dreading looking at a new car.

[michaelr295]

you find the code by getting your car scaned by a shop