I have a 1993 Saturn SL. On cold starts in the morning there is no problem putting the car into reverse gear (automatic) and driving. However, after the car has been warmed up and has been running for awhile if you try to put car into reverse there is a delay and then it goes into reverse with a rather loud and violent jerk or it will just hang there. If you slow press the accelerator then it seems to go into the reverse gear but you have to be careful otherwise it clunks and jerks back suddenly. In drive and neutral gear there is no problem.
The "Service Engine Soon" light is also on in the dash every on and then. The error code from the scanner reads Code 12, but I cannot find anyone to tell me what to fix for this code?
Took it to a transmission place and the mechanic told me the reverse clutch was broken and would cost $900 parts and labour included and he would rebuild the existing transmission?
Any ideas on the cause of this problem, how to fix and approximate cost?
Cheers...