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2000 Forester, transmission slips occasionally when put into D (Automatic).

I have a 2000 Forester. Its been pretty much trouble free from day 1 save for a goofy ignition coil back around 50k. Replaced under warranty. Until now.

118K miles. Sometime after 100K miles I noticed the transmission sometimes does not immediately catch when put into D. I had the trans fluid changed at a local quicky shop (bad idea.. I know), and it seemed to get much better, though it does happen.

I have been pretty good.. changing the trans fluid at ~50k miles... though it may have been better to do it every 30k miles.

The other day I checked the trans fluid level. Seems the local quicky shop overfilled the trans fluid too.. Is it bad to go beyond the full mark? I plan to take it back to them anyway and tell them to drain it to the proper level.

Unfort I don't have the gear at my house to take care of it myself.

Thankfully I just got a new commuter car.. so the Forester is going into semi-retirement except for tooling around town and carrying stuff from PtA to PtB.

Any ideas? Suggestions?

-Gary

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gary.weston
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Just make sure it is Dex 2 or 3 in the transmission and you already checked the level. I assumed you did a pan drain and refill so you exchanged ~4.2 quarts out of a total of 9.8 quarts. You may want to consider doing another drain/refill in a 1,000 miles or so. JMTs

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Edward Hayes

Not to give you bad news...but, ours did the same thing right before

100k miles. Took it to the dealer and they changed the whold transmission. I had a 3rd party warranty so it didn't cost me anything. I seriously doubt the whole tranny was bad, but we got a new one nonetheless.

I have heard some pe> I have a 2000 Forester. Its been pretty much trouble free from day 1

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overflow23

Well, I need to have it in the shop for new belts and a checkout anyway. I'll have the trans checked out and for good measure. If the trans looks ok, i'll have the fluid changed again to Amsoil synth or Dex2/3 like you suggest.

I'm just a bit freaked as I don't want to replace the whole tranny. I just bought a new car, and well... I don't want the expense of a tranny for the other car at this point in time :)

These speedy places really freak me out now. Speaking of noobishness (not really a word I know), I discovered that I checked the trans fluid incorrectly.. The engine was cold and not running. So its likely the fluid level was incorrectly read. I haven't had time to peek at it again. Maybe tonight.

I'm not very auto-repair inclined.. but i'm trying to learn more so I can eventually do my own basic maintenance in the future.

-G

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gary.weston

Sometimes they replace the whole transmission because it is cheaper than rebuilding the one you have due to the high cost of labor. It is likely that the "new" transmission they put in is a rebuilt one --- but this is rebuilt in a shop with much lower hourly rates than the mechanics in your dealership.

-R.

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Richard Chang

Yeah i'm concerned about the expense of replacing the tranny right now. Just dumped a pile into a new car (which I use to commute now). Need to watch the budget a bit. The Forester sees very little driving now (~1500miles/yr expected).. which is why the urgency has lessened for me.

I checked the trans fluid again. I was checking it incorrectly before.. with the engine off. With it running the fluid level was a bit above the full mark... but not excessively so. I had it changed out not too long ago. Maybe

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gary.weston

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