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Transmission Issue

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AVAFREAK182

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I have a 99 Chrysler Sebring LXi. It's an automatic.

When you first start the car, it almost dies it seems like. It idles right about 200 RPM and kinda sputters unless you rev.

When you drive you have to go through the gears as if its a manual (1st, 2nd, and drive).

After a while it idles about 4-500 RPMs.

Is this to complicated of a problem for here?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
 
Okay...you're saying it won't idle when you first start it? Sitting there in Park? What's that got to do with the tranny?

So, you shift it manually.....will it not shift by itself in D?

Need some more specific info.
 
Well yesterday if you just tried to put it in D it wouldn't shift on its own.

My dad changed the tranny fluid yesterday (the person we got it from put something not Chrysler in it, which apparently is a big no-no).

Today I drove it and had it in park and it was idling about 500 or so. I revved a little bit and it jumped to about 900.

Drove about 5 miles in drive and it drove like a dream.

After my dad changed the fluid I only took it around the block and it still had the problem.

Maybe the fluid needed to be worked through? Maybe the problem will come back?

All I know, is when I just took it for a spin it was perfectly fine just in drive.
 
Sorry, it was confusing.

Sequence of events:

-Dad changed tranny oil
-drove car around the block and the problem was still there
-woke up this morning and drove it and its ok
 
AVAFREAK182 said:
Sorry, it was confusing.

Sequence of events:

-Dad changed tranny oil
-drove car around the block and the problem was still there
-woke up this morning and drove it and its ok
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That's more understandable. Personally, if it was my car I'd just try it a few more days and see if it's gone.
 
I believe I sorted out the last of the problem (hopefully).

I didn't realize the PCV valve and grommet DESPERATELY needed replaced.

Replaced them and my car's riding a ton smoother.
 
Someone probably put gear oil in instead of ATF, and that caused the valves in the valvebody to stick. The fluid I use in my transmission (a manual) is MUCH more viscous than what an automatic would require to work properly. The reason it takes some time to cycle through is because when you change fluid, you usually only change out maybe a quarter of the fluid, the rest is still in the torque converter. There are ways of changing much more, but they're not done that often.
 
PCV valve is a common failure point on those cars.

As well, ATF+4 is usually all you will want to run in a Chrysler automatic.
 
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