Tocctsi
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- Oct 7, 2002
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Cherry_Hill_NJ
About 4 months ago, my auto transmission only had one gear in drive. It was only 3rd gear. This problem wasn't consistant though. Some days it would be fine and then other days no signs of 1st or 2nd gears. Then the problem just disappeared. Since then i Put in a JDM Engine, JDM Transmission, and a new 14 b turbo. Everything has been great, but lately I'm having the same "only 3rd gear" problem...I am aware that this is called fail-safe mode. Sometimes it will work but most times now it doesn't. I can't stand to drive like this. I have heard so many things on this and in the end i can only conclude that no body knows. I've heard things like it was TCU, but i took it to a transmission specialist that said that he checked it electronically. He thought it was the pulse generators, but it wasn't the pulse generoters. Now im hearing it's something mechanically with my Transmission. IM having a hard time believing this since it does still work sometimes. and the fact that it did it with my other tranny/motor. I'm pretty convinced in my mind that it has to be computer or electronic. It will cost me a lot to get mechanical work done to transmission, and logic tells me that it can't be mechanical. (what are the odds that both transmissions had the same problems, but in the same process I never changed any of the computers). Any suggestions?