recently... i have no drive in any of the drive gears.. or reverse.. it happens when i just start the car in very cold weather..... id b reving in D, n the hold light starts blinking....after a while when the car is completely warmed up.. everything is fine and no hold light either... so wats up? fluid level? time to change the fluid/filter?

also.. there is some tranny noise coming to.. like a faint noise... is there ne noise associated too when the tranny is low on fluid?

 

definitely check your fluid. it sounds like it's broken down.

 

checked the fluid.. its light brown with no burnin smell.. the level.. i cant really distinguish it... im assuming its time to change fluid/filter... havent done it since more than 30k

 

tranny fluid should be have a hint of red. if yours is coming out brown, it's definitely time to change it out. change the filter while you're at it. my recommendation is just to do a simple tranny refill (empty out the tranny fluid pan, then refill the approximately 3 quarts that come out) once a year and change the filter every two years.

 

alrite the fluid is gone.. burnt.... cud tht b why its makin tht whining noise? n some hoses r wet... leakin prolly..... is it worth tryin to change the filter n fluid? or should i conclude tht the tranny is gone?

 

I would say its gone because if you hear noises out of it and its not going anywhere its basically dead, which in my case was a CV shaft...may be your problem so i just rememberd that so forget about my saying dead tranny and check CV shafts...that was my prob..

 

ok changed the fluid completely... shifts better.. no noise... lets c how this one goes.. thanx for the ideas guys..

 

Glad to hear things came out better, glad what i thought was wrong wasnt wrong, hope it works .