robs5788 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I drive a 92 legacy l auto trans When im on the freeway goin about 70 my car shifts and then it will drop gears and rise up to about 3 grand from about 2500 or it wont even shift in to OD so it just is around 3grand all the time!! I checked the trans fluid and it is in the right place and everything... HELPPPP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Those rpms sound about right for crusing at that speed in top gear. How you say about the rpm's fluctuating sounds like maybe the torque converter is not locking up, but in that case you should be getting a flashing AT light telling you it has detected a problem with the lockup duty solenoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robs5788 Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 im not sure i know when im going 70 it will be at about 2500 then all of a sudden it drops gears and you see it jump to 3 grand and when i turn on my car the green power light lights up more then 8 tiems the manual says i need to have it looked at to tel me what is wrong but i really dont want to take it to a dearlship to tell me i need to change something lol besides i trust most people on here then i would one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 the blinking power light at start up means there is an AT trouble code, i think. i'm not 100% because i'm a 95 - 99 guy, not 91. but in my lego a blinking AT Temp light at start up means there is a trouble code. my guess is it 's you torque converter lock up solenoid. b ut you can read the code and see . do a search for how to read trans trouble codes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 You should read the codes out of the TCU. You can do this yourself, you just have to find the procedure on how to do it for that year/model. Then you can see what problem it is detecting, quite possibly is the torque converter lockup solenoid from what you describe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 I had similar problem, when I owned a 91 Leggie, while I was on a road trip. Then suddenly a dash idiot light came on that said AT fluid was hot. I pulled off the freeway, turned motor off, and waited a few minutes. Started motor drove away, but trany would not no longer shift out of second gear. Rather then repair the trany, I traded the car for a newer Outback. Suggest changing trany fluid, but don't drop the trany pan. If no improvement, suggest you replace trany with a used one from a wrecking yard. Getting your trany repaired would be too costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) The stuck in 2nd gear would be it going into limp home mode. If the TCU detects a problem where it doesn't think it can correctly operate the transmission anymore it just locks it into 2nd so that the vehicle can at least still be driven and not just leave you stranded. Be careful with transmission repair shops, many of them seem shady at best and many times they just make the problem worse or don't even end up fixing it at all. Or they 'rebuild' the trans and then it has other issues afterwards. Also if you do ready your codes and it does turn out to be the torque converter lockup solenoid you could conceivably just drive it like that if it doesn't bother you too much. Your mileage might suffer a bit but it is not really a mission critical solenoid. Edited August 23, 2010 by porcupine73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robs5788 Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 do i need some type of code reader for it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericem Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Nope here you go! http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/trans.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robs5788 Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 Nope here you go! http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/trans.html HOLY CRAPPPPPP!!!! THAKN YOU SO MUCHHH!!!!!lol im very happy about this im gonna go home tonight and test it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robs5788 Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 okkk so it blinks the small pause then blinks again then blinks really quick 4 times :( ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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