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RyanDBair · 06-25-2007, 09:54

I have a 2001 Taurus, 68,000 miles on the clock.

Recently the car has started to hang in first gear occassionally. The engine may be revving at 2200 RPM and it will just stay in first. After you speed up a few more miles per hour it will then take a rough step into 2nd.

Also, in reverse, you can feel a slight slip when you first jump on the gas.

Occassionally when jumping on the gas, the car looses power.

Other than that, there are no problems. Shifts are firm and confident and the power is usually what you would expect from the car.

My initial guess was TPS, but my uncle recently cooked his torque converter on his '99 taurus. According to his mechanic, torque converter failures are common around 60,000 miles on these cars. The transmission fluid was flushed about 4 months ago, the fluid was not burnt and metal on the magnet was normal.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

**tbird100636** · 06-25-2007, 17:04

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Originally Posted by RyanDBair

I have a 2001 Taurus, 68,000 miles on the clock.

Recently the car has started to hang in first gear occassionally. The engine may be revving at 2200 RPM and it will just stay in first. After you speed up a few more miles per hour it will then take a rough step into 2nd.

Also, in reverse, you can feel a slight slip when you first jump on the gas.

Occassionally when jumping on the gas, the car looses power.

Other than that, there are no problems. Shifts are firm and confident and the power is usually what you would expect from the car.

My initial guess was TPS, but my uncle recently cooked his torque converter on his '99 taurus. According to his mechanic, torque converter failures are common around 60,000 miles on these cars. The transmission fluid was flushed about 4 months ago, the fluid was not burnt and metal on the magnet was normal.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Is the fluid level correct??? Don't just assume whoever did the flush filled it correctly or checked the fluid after the flush. We have a Wynn's trans. flusher at my dealer and it takes out more fluid than it puts back in. Usually it's 1-2 quarts off!!! If your fluid is low you will experience delayed engagement and delayed shifts. I had a brand new Sprinter van (I know this is a Dodge I'm talking about {Actually a Mercedes badged as a Dodge} but this applies to anything) that one of the dumb lube techs. prepped while I was in school. It was just about to be delivered to the customer. The recon. guy said it didn't move to good when backing up. So I tried it. Hardly moved backing up, delayed engagement into Reverse or Drive, slipping when it tried to shift into 2nd. Checked the trans. fluid, FROM THE FACTORY (OR SHOULD I SAY, THE RE-ASSEMBLY PLANT IN S.C.) WITH NO LEAKS-3.5 QUARTS LOW. Filled it up, cleared all the codes, took it for a drive, perfect. Hope this helps you.