AT Issues - Power Light/Duty C/VSS
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:45 pm
I'm going to explain the back story so bare with me.
About 2 months ago after driving my car to the store I came back out to find out my car would not start. I got a jump and drove it to the nearest Shucks where I determined my alternator was dead. I replaced the alternator and the battery and the car started right up. There were some funky electrical things going on when I first started it (blinkers making that "clicking" sound when they weren't activated) so I unplugged a fuse, plugged it back in and the noise stopped.
I drove my car for about a month with no issues, but then I noticed a few things going on.
1. After I've been driving the car for about 15 min. and the engine is warm I notice a slight shake when at a stoplight or stopped. It seems to be worse when in gear (D) as I've shifted to neutral and the vibration is less noticeable. The idle seems a bit low as well sometimes dipping below 750k when stopped.
2. When I drive for about 30 min. then park and let the car rest for about an hour I start the car and it has a very rough start/idle and even stronger vibration than before.
So after noticing those two things about a week later my "Power" light came on when starting the car. It flashed about 8 times and I did some searching on the boards. The thing about the Power light is it's random. One day I can drive just fine without the light coming on, no gear slipping, nothing. I pulled the codes from the TCU and got 24 and 33. I've been driving only to and from work which is about 12 miles round trip.
So here's the kicker, everything was very sporadic and the Power Light thing only happened once every 5 days or so. Saturday I took a trip to the parents house which is about 45 miles away. About 35 miles into the trip the car starts acting up. RPMs were jumping up and down, power light came on, and every time i released the gas pedal the car sort of jerks and the RPMs drop a little. I was worried I might not make it there.
I get to the house and check the diff and tranny fluid. Tranny fluid is light red, seems fine. Diff oil level is fine but has a very weird smell, stinky and sort of burnt.
I let the car sit for a day while I'm there but upon leaving I start the car and notice the speedometer, odometer and trip counter are not working. Soon after I got a CEL.
Any suggestions? I realize the duty c might be dead, and the vss might have caused the speedo to die. I'll be back over there this weekend so I would like to try out a few things if possible.
About 2 months ago after driving my car to the store I came back out to find out my car would not start. I got a jump and drove it to the nearest Shucks where I determined my alternator was dead. I replaced the alternator and the battery and the car started right up. There were some funky electrical things going on when I first started it (blinkers making that "clicking" sound when they weren't activated) so I unplugged a fuse, plugged it back in and the noise stopped.
I drove my car for about a month with no issues, but then I noticed a few things going on.
1. After I've been driving the car for about 15 min. and the engine is warm I notice a slight shake when at a stoplight or stopped. It seems to be worse when in gear (D) as I've shifted to neutral and the vibration is less noticeable. The idle seems a bit low as well sometimes dipping below 750k when stopped.
2. When I drive for about 30 min. then park and let the car rest for about an hour I start the car and it has a very rough start/idle and even stronger vibration than before.
So after noticing those two things about a week later my "Power" light came on when starting the car. It flashed about 8 times and I did some searching on the boards. The thing about the Power light is it's random. One day I can drive just fine without the light coming on, no gear slipping, nothing. I pulled the codes from the TCU and got 24 and 33. I've been driving only to and from work which is about 12 miles round trip.
So here's the kicker, everything was very sporadic and the Power Light thing only happened once every 5 days or so. Saturday I took a trip to the parents house which is about 45 miles away. About 35 miles into the trip the car starts acting up. RPMs were jumping up and down, power light came on, and every time i released the gas pedal the car sort of jerks and the RPMs drop a little. I was worried I might not make it there.
I get to the house and check the diff and tranny fluid. Tranny fluid is light red, seems fine. Diff oil level is fine but has a very weird smell, stinky and sort of burnt.
I let the car sit for a day while I'm there but upon leaving I start the car and notice the speedometer, odometer and trip counter are not working. Soon after I got a CEL.
Any suggestions? I realize the duty c might be dead, and the vss might have caused the speedo to die. I'll be back over there this weekend so I would like to try out a few things if possible.
