i have a 97 ponitac grand prix with a 3.8 i was on a road trip this thanksgiving and the car was runnign great but as i was coming back home the car no longer wanted to run on drive as i hit the gas the car would only rev as if it was on nuetral all the other gears like reverse, nuetral, first and second work fine its only when i put it on drive where it dosent want to run it act like the car is on nuetral what could be the problem?
transsmision problem
Nov 25, 2006
2 Replies
The transmission is the problem. There's no engine braking in drive, so there's an overrunning clutch in the transmission that allows "coasting" in any gear with the selector in D. The other gears don't use it. That's just one possibility. It doesn't really matter what the trouble is, though. You'll just have to take it to a transmission shop, and no matter what's wrong with it, they'll want to do a full overhaul.
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