Hi all,
I recently purchased a 99 Forester 2.0l Turbo - UK edition with Auto Gearbox. I am new to driving automatics and I have had the following intermittent problem:
Occasionally when engine is warm, when I stop while in D and go to pull away the transmission does not engage - It just revs. When I change to
3 or 2 or 1 same thing. Into N and back to D same thing. At some stage (Not consistent) it decides to engage again - Maybe takes 3 secs maybe 10 secs.I do not know when the fluid and filter was last changed, but it looks nice and clean red colour and appears to be up to the max level - checked with engine running.
Otherwise the box is really smooth and changes at the right times, kick down is ferocious.
I would really value your advice, as my confidence in the car is disappearing and I am afraid that someday soon it will just not re-engage and I will be left in the middle of the road. (These things never seem to happen in your drive at home!!)
Thanks in advance
Duncan