I was dirving down the road and my transmission quit pulling completley, just like somebody put it in neutral. Prior to this there was no slippage and the fluid is red and not burnt. My first thought after checking the fluid was that an axle might have popped out which I checked, I then pulled the cover and checked the converter bolts which are fine. With the car jacked up there is no change when shifting from park to drive or reverse. I know I should just go buy a new transmission but I have never seen one fail in this way. Anybody have any suggestions?
92 Maxima automatic transmission
Aug 28, 2004
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Here's what happenned to my 93 Maxima about a month ago (taken from previous posts)
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Follow up on my own post.
Car has been repaired.
Phoned arround several transmission shops in my area, DC metro. Most quoted a price $1400 - $2650 depending on the required repair. Found a local shop who listened to my description of the failure:
Transmission operates faultlessly for years. No symptoms of impending failure. Out driving one day and pulling away from a Stop sign under strong aceleration the drive quits completely with only a slight thump. Car coasts to a halt. Motor revs but no drive in any gear.
Shop owner tells me this is most likely a torque converter failure. Maxima torque converters regularly strip the female splines in the tc where the input shaft enters.
Anyway his diagnosis over the phone proves correct.
Cost: Torque converter $235.00 Labour $500.00
Car runs faultlessly again. Hope this may help someone else in the future.
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Al Moodie.
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