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SIM SIMMA
05-10-2006, 04:46 PM
i was coming back from costco the other day and when i put my car on Drive it wouldn't accelerate. a light came on, it was an exclamation point inside a circle. when i pulled over to turn the engine off and turn it back on everything was fine again. can somebody tell me what it is and is it going to cost me a lot of money?
strad
05-10-2006, 05:15 PM
Don't touch the A-M rocker switch next to the shifter. I've had that put me in limp mode twice -- I'm smart now.

I threw a code once that required replacement of a control pressure regulator to correct. I also threw codes on a couple of occasions that were gear speed out of range or not matching. The explanation given was maybe the clutches were getting old, or maybe it was a temporary glitch (their words). But. . . that was 20K ago and no problems since then.
camiloteram
05-10-2006, 05:45 PM
Don't touch the A-M rocker switch next to the shifter. I've had that put me in limp mode twice -- I'm smart now.

I threw a code once that required replacement of a control pressure regulator to correct. I also threw codes on a couple of occasions that were gear speed out of range or not matching. The explanation given was maybe the clutches were getting old, or maybe it was a temporary glitch (their words). But. . . that was 20K ago and no problems since then.

clutches... auto?
I was lucky enough to experience this 2 days ago for the first time. ITS AWsome people. It was worth the whole slushbox experience. :redspot

starting on 3rd gear out of a red light, I laughed at how slow I accelerated and how low my mpg was!!

but seriously, the compy hadn't notice how f'ed up my tranny was until tuesday this week :shifty what a morron.
kinghawk
05-10-2006, 11:25 PM
Autos do have internal clutch plates.
robisconfusedd
05-11-2006, 12:36 AM
autos do not have clutches. they use torque converters.
tomt30273
05-11-2006, 01:28 AM
autos do not have clutches. they use torque converters.

You're confused Robb. They don't have a clutch, as in, 5-speed, but they do have clutch packs in each gear that lock up and send the power to the tailshaft.
Doug001
05-11-2006, 01:34 AM
You're confused Robb. They don't have a clutch, as in, 5-speed, but they do have clutch packs in each gear that lock up and send the power to the tailshaft.
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