Bought my 93 Caravan used 5 years ago and have been quite happy with it. Two years ago, while driving along at about 60 mph it popped out of gear. As I slowed down, it suddenly CLUNKED back into gear when I hit
30 mph. At that point it would not shift out of 1st gear unless I turned off the engine (to clear the computer). This solution seems to work sometimes but not always, sometimes I woukd need to restart the van 4 - 8 times before it would shift out of 1st. The problem used to be very intermitant, often going a month between occurances, Now of course it is getting annoying as it occurs almost daily (I've also gotten quite good at restarting on the fly, shfting to neutral, restarting and then shifting back into gear, while maintaining a speed over 30mph). The question remains, were it a physical problem with the tranny, it should have crapped out long ago, I've put on over 60,000 miles since the onset ( I have about 200,000 miles on the van total). The local tranny shops want to rebuild it, for about $1600.00 and the van is just not worth putting that much money into. The codes I get on the scanner cite a solenoid failure and a pressure drop Any suggestions?- posted
17 years ago