It looks like my AutoX is about to go
Last night, I started the car (cold) and put the car into reverse to back out of my driveway. Instead of pulling out right away and switching to drive like I normally do, I put the brake on (while still in reverse - dumb move
) and waited for about 5 minutes while I was waiting for my passenger to meet me outside. When I shifted to drive and gave it some gas, it didn't want to go... the rpms just went up. I put the car back into P and then to D again and that seemed to fix the problem (at least for tonight)I've read some posts in the auto-transmission forum and I think this is a sign that my transmission is going... here are the vitals on my car:
1993 GS Auto
about 181,000 kms
My questions are:
1) Is this a sign that my tranmission is about to go? Or could this be a one-time incident?
2) If I choose to repair my AutoX (i.e. rebuild), how much would that cost in the GTA? What shop (for those that have gone through this headache) do you recommend?
3) If I choose to swap to a Manual transmission (my other cars are manuals so this isn't a problem), would this cost less? Again, what shop do you recommend?
Thanks so much for your help... I really appreciate it. I don't want to sell my car yet because of sentimental value (my first car and I need a good looking, sporty daily driver) and the body and engine are in mint shape
-one sad Mx-3 owner
<small>[ November 29, 2004, 05:45 PM: Message edited by: Strife ]</small>