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Well, I think the inevitable has happened to the 3AT in my wagon— or has it?


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Well, I think the inevitable has happened to the 3AT in my wagon. I took a 100-mile Memorial Day road trip from LA to Oxnard down Pacific Coast Highway, and it ran great as usual. I parked it while we ate at a restaurant, but as soon as I started driving back, it began slipping in first gear.

The fluid level is good and doesn’t smell burnt. I was able to manually engage first gear by shifting into first and then back into drive.

Where should I start troubleshooting?

  • Transmission vacuum modulator

  • Band adjustment

I want to go through some diagnostics and see if it’s something simple. Or is it time to bite the bullet and swap in a 5-speed manual with dual range?

The car has 111,000 miles on the odometer—14,000 of those were driven lifted with 27" tires

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