I have a 4 year old minivan with about 86,000 km. Just recently I have noticed a problem with the auto transmission. It only happens on start-up; you can hear the vehicle labouring as we drive away...almost whining and there is a very transition when the car changes gears. This has occurred 2X in the past 2 weeks. It appears that I can rectify the problem by stopping the car and turning off the ignition and then on start-up it is fine. Before I eventually take it in for servicing it would be good if someone would be kind enough to maybe shed some light on possible causes and potential solutions.
Thanks for your advice.
-- Karen