possible tranny problem

by **acc** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:20 pm

I have a 2001 SLE with about 80K kms. I have just noticed this happenning in the last few days. When the engine is cold ( as in not driven for at least a few hours) the idle is much higher than its ever been and for the first few minutes of driving, the car won't shift to third. Any ideas what might be causing this?

by **Paladin06Greg** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:01 pm

The high idle is normal. The not shifting could be a proble. Have you ever had the tranny drained, flushed and serviced? If not at 80K I would.

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acc wrote:I have a 2001 SLE with about 80K kms. I have just noticed this happenning in the last few days. When the engine is cold ( as in not driven for at least a few hours) the idle is much higher than its ever been and for the first few minutes of driving, the car won't shift to third. Any ideas what might be causing this?

by **JAYDEE23** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:04 pm

my car does this and i never gave it any thought. i assumed it had to do w/ the car needing to heat up.

i got my 2000 solara w/ 60k on it. now at 70k. would like to know what this is???

by **acc** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:13 am

I don't think its normal. Mine just started doing the no shift thing in the last few days. Is yours just idling high or does it not like to shift into 3rd for a few minutes like mine? I'm taking it in on Thursdy, so we will see if the Toyota people say it's normal or not.

by **captainpimp** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:41 am

mines been doing that forever, its normal. it will shift when adequately warmed up or if you drive fast enough to force it shift.

by **socalisolara** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:18 pm

its normal, i have about 38k miles on my 00 and it does that all the time.

http://user.mc.net/~brad · by **jazzlara** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:22 pm

get a tranny flush and let your car warm up a little before driving.

by **acc** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:05 pm

hmmm..well if its normal, it's the first car I've ever owned that's done it. Oh well, I'll let you guys know what the mechanics say.

by **Yanks0114** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:08 pm

We've gone over this before but...

For emissions purposes, toyota ignores data from the o2 sensors and lets the car hold a gear longer in order to heat up.

You should notice it more in the winter than summer

by **dvdchris45** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:08 am

Consider getting your coolant levels and sensors checked out, usually that may be the case of high idles. If its not that have your o2 sensors checked out, it could be running on lean as well. Thats what I did on my '99 Camry LE (4-banger). Turned out it was low coolant levels. Fixed that and the idle on a cold start was lower than before.

by **JAYDEE23** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:49 am

the delayed shifting is directly related to your engines temp so the ingnoring of the 02 sensor until your engine heats up sound right to me.

however the 02 sensor can cause a later shift?

i am real curious to learn exactly what happens and what toyota intended to happen regarding shift points and engine temp..

please keep us posted if you get any info from toyota..!! :fadein:

by **acc** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:08 am

Well, Toyota said its completly normal. Still seems unusual to me. I live in a very climate that gets extemely cold in the winter. If its doing it this noticeably now, can't wait to see how it reacts in -40. Can someone point me to the thread that originally discussed this topic?

by **JAYDEE23** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:04 am

i would really like to know if others have this issue ? i have a 2000v6.

do other years do this? other mnodels camry etc..

with 120 views you would think more people would chime in on this and confirm their solara does this also.

and if the car was indeed designed to do this why are some stating this has just stared and others not responding at all?

something fishy w/ this issue here?

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