Most common problems with the Automatic

purewhitemp5 · Post by **purewhitemp5** » January 19th, 2005, 1:51 pm

I have a 92 MX-3 GS with AT and 108,000 miles on it . The trans works great for now. What are the most common problems / Fixes with the AT in the MX-3 ?:oops:

guyaverage · Post by **guyaverage** » January 19th, 2005, 2:33 pm

Slipping, failure without warning, erratic shifting.... most all caused by overheating. Add an aftermarket tranny cooler, sooner the better. Also change the fluid and filter often ( I do it every or at the most every other oil change).

Do a search on tranny coolers, also there are several recent threads, scroll down a few threads you cant miss them.

Sonicxtacy02 · Post by **Sonicxtacy02** » January 19th, 2005, 3:49 pm

Add to the list bad synchros, weak clutchpacks... again all caused by heat stress

masonholmes · Post by **masonholmes** » January 27th, 2005, 11:11 pm

shawn, u don't answer emails, but ur here posting about a car you don't have anymore, lol...

masonholmes · Post by **masonholmes** » January 27th, 2005, 11:12 pm

none of which are in any of my threads, lol...

reaper of souls · Post by **reaper of souls** » March 16th, 2005, 12:12 am

also when you get the tranny fulid changed add so lucus transmission oil stablizer the stuff works great it'll protect the seals and give the gears a little extra lube

MX-SLICK · Post by **MX-SLICK** » March 31st, 2005, 11:32 pm

Any automatic is going to burn the fluid and cause pre-mature wear if the piss is driven out of it (what i assume most people are doing right before their hold lite begins to blink and their tranny dies) Just be easy on a 13 year old car...

AllisMitchChalmers · Post by **AllisMitchChalmers** » May 15th, 2005, 3:11 pm

I also might add it is VERY SLOW lol

Andrew_Pakula · Post by **Andrew_Pakula** » May 19th, 2005, 1:51 pm

The torque converters are known to die fairly often