lopezSR5

hte transmission doesn want to move when you put it into drive its very sluggish so i have to put it into 1st to get going from a stop or red light i talked to the stealership and he said i would have to bring it in but im 19 in college and i dont have my money tree in the back yard i was wondering if it cvould be the solinoid or if i should get a reman. off line what do yall think

lopezSR5

come on guys iknow theres geniuses here anybody had this problem?

toyotabull

For one, what tranny do you have, what motor, what vehicle. Now does it do this all the time or sometimes. How does the fluid look-smell. Is it low or ran low lately of fluid? Let us know to better help you

lopezSR5

ok thanks its a 99 SR5 with the 3.4 its the 2 wheel drive so its the A340F i think yall can correct me if im wrong but the fluid has about 4k miles on it so its pretty much new and it happens everyday all day and this has been happening for about a month and a half and i havent had time to bring it in to get it checked
and another thing that is confusing if it was the solenoids would the check engine light or something on come to let me know that something is wrong with it?

mt_goat

Maybe, maybe not. There can be electrical or circuit problems with solenoids and there can be mechanical type problems (like a clog or a sticky valve).

The FSM shows a test for solenoids, but you have to drop the tranny pan to do it.

Sorry I can't be more help, I've never had any tranny problems with these Toyota trannies.

Apparently the ECU has a way to detect some mechanical problems too. http://www.ncttora.com/fsm/1996/SIL/...t/cip0750p.pdf

If I were you, I'd read though all of the FSM auto tranny info I could, especially the diagnostics section: http://www.ncttora.com/fsm/1996/SIL/index.html

mt_goat

Have a look here, mainly the first chart: http://www.ncttora.com/fsm/1996/SIL/...t/cip0753p.pdf

Doesn't it sound like you're in fail safe mode? When you go through the manual shifting does it feel like you are going from 1st to 3rd to OD?

881stGenRunner

Thats what i was going to suggest. Sounds like his transmission computer may not be working and he is having to manually through the gears to get going. I had to do that for a little while with my A340H that was in my 88 but came out of a 95. Starting out in D was absolutely useless because the truck was trying to start out in OD.

badattitude

This thread may help, maybe not.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/c...related-80777/

I have the same problem, usually when it's cold. When I let the truck coast from reverse to a stop with out brake and then shift to drive I don't have the "tranny problem" I suspect a leaking rear axel seal is gumming up the rear drums. IDK?