Hi there,
I have a 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Recently I have some problems with the automatic transmission.
It has little power to start moving in D gear. It is impossible to start moving if I stoped in an uphill position. However, once it reaches 10-15 mph, everything seems to be fine.
If I put the manual shift lever to 2 or 1, it has no initiation problem.
A transmissioin shop guy checked for me and told me that I need to rebuild the whole transmission.
I suspect somehow the transmission can not shift to 1st gear somehow. Could it be a kickdown valve problem? I was able to take out the valve body. From what I understand, the kickdown valve malfunction may cause problems like this.
By the way, inside the transmission, the kickdown valve is not in close contact with the throttle valve linkage when the gas pedal is released, is this normal? Should the kickdown valve be pushed all the way out by the spring and in contact with the throttle valve lever dan when the gas pedal is released?
Thanks in advance for any advise.
Hongbing