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Location: Mesa, AZ
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Vehicle: 1999 Grand Am GT Sedan
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Transmission Problem
My 1999 GAGT with about 99,000 miles has a transmission problem that I need to fix.
The transmission often severely slips. But it ONLY happens under these conditions: (1) The outside temperature is above about 65 degrees. (2) The car is driven for a while. (3) The car is taken out of drive and put back into drive (e.g. after filling up at a gas station). I've driven 500 miles at almost 100mph stopping only to get gas when it was 45 or 50 degrees outside. No problems. None. I've done city driving when it's below about 65 degrees. No problems. None. But once the temperature creeps up above about 65 degrees, I start have big problems seemingly regardless of distance as long as I've driving maybe 5 miles or so. Has anyone else had this problem? Do you know how to fix it? I have taken my care to mechanics and dealerships. Those shady morons just check the oil, notice it's fine and has no debris in it, and then try to sell me a new transmisson. |
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I drive a V6 H.O.
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Thats my theory, but could be wrong. The transmission has 99k on it, right? If so, thats a pretty good life for the stock 4t45e.
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1999 GA GT - lots of mods - Sold and missing it... 2001 GP GTP Special Edtion - Sold 2002 T/A - T-Tops, AT, LS6 intake, mainly stock - Sold 2003 Cadillac DTS - Gangsta Grandpa car - Gone 2004 Cadillac SRX - Baby hauler -Sold and missing it Life is too short to drive boring cars....why is that all I have now?????? ![]() |
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I'm having a hard time believing that my transmission would get nice and toasty after, for example, 10 miles when it's 80 degrees outside but it doesn't get nice and toasty after extensive driving when it's 50 or 60 outside. |
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I drive a V6 H.O.
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the outside air will cool the trans fluid specially when moving. Here in Michigan, the trans never gets above 115* in the city when its less then 40* outside and I don't have a trans cooler. When its 70* or higher, it takes no time to get to 180*.
If it was the 1st time the fluid was changed 4k ago, thats kind of what did it. If the stock fluid has been in that long, the gunk and sludge is what was holding it together ![]()
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1999 GA GT - lots of mods - Sold and missing it... 2001 GP GTP Special Edtion - Sold 2002 T/A - T-Tops, AT, LS6 intake, mainly stock - Sold 2003 Cadillac DTS - Gangsta Grandpa car - Gone 2004 Cadillac SRX - Baby hauler -Sold and missing it Life is too short to drive boring cars....why is that all I have now?????? ![]() |
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Stock & Proud Of It!
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The 4t45E is a good tranny ... as long as the usual maintance is kept on it. When you say it was done 4000 miles ago was it a flush or just a pan drop and refil? With that many miles on it you should have only done a pan drop, after so many miles if the tranny wasn't well maintaned then a flush does more bad then good. It losens all the dirt and crap in there ...
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I drive a V6 H.O.
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Is the funny shifting on the 1-2 shift only or all shifts? The 99 and some 2000 model years have a bad (read, too small of a ) cylinoid and it can't hold enough line pressure for the 1-2 shift to be firm. I know my car has it, I have just maxed the line pressure in the trans, and once it learns the shift points it goes away. I highly doubt thats what you wanna do though, its just a band aid, not a fix. It only keeps it happening till it finally becomes a failure in the end.
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1999 GA GT - lots of mods - Sold and missing it... 2001 GP GTP Special Edtion - Sold 2002 T/A - T-Tops, AT, LS6 intake, mainly stock - Sold 2003 Cadillac DTS - Gangsta Grandpa car - Gone 2004 Cadillac SRX - Baby hauler -Sold and missing it Life is too short to drive boring cars....why is that all I have now?????? ![]() Last edited by H.O. Driver; 02-27-2006 at 08:28 AM. |
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P.S. Is there any chance my problem is related to this http://www.grandamgt.com/forum/showt...851#post760851 ?
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