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    Help needed diagnosing intermittent overdrive '99 Gen 2.5

    It took me a while but here it goes & I hope it helps someone else in this situation... I went through every possible troubleshooting option for No overdrive till I decided to drop the transmission. Sure enough my clutch was burned & torque converter was shot. I ended up replacing it with a...
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    Help needed diagnosing intermittent overdrive '99 Gen 2.5

    fluids & solenoids was the first thing I checked. I've decided to tear it down for any electrical shorts, I might as well look at the TCM. I agree with you but that's the last thing I wanna do considering it is the most expensive part of troubleshooting this prob. keep you posted.
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    Help needed diagnosing intermittent overdrive '99 Gen 2.5

    I was able to read the transmission behavior on a professional scanner again & it does show that the TCM is telling the trans to shift into overdrive. I'm not sure if it will be smart of me to tear everything down to get to the TCM. The scanner also says the overdrive is kicking in, I'm not sure...
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    Help needed diagnosing intermittent overdrive '99 Gen 2.5

    Yes its a five speed triptronic & shifts smooth till the 5th gear around town. Its the freeway where it does but takes forever to shift into the 5th gear. 70 mph @ 3000 rpm. I was more into torque convertor cause its a rebuilt transmission with 10k or so miles. I hear a lite ticking sound...
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    Help needed diagnosing intermittent overdrive '99 Gen 2.5

    I've been through fluids, sensors, solenoids. Now I'm checking the torque convertor cause I'm getting P0741. I scanned on a professional scantool & it says torque convertor does lock. My guess is cause of overdrive the torque convertor is slipping. TCU will be next. Mine is a Gen 3 but I've...
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    Help needed diagnosing intermittent overdrive '99 Gen 2.5

    I've the exact same thing going on with my OD... Were you guys able to solve this?
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