Thank you very much.
Leonard

One other thing to check is your brake switch. The torque converter lockup will disengage when the brake switch is actuated but that will normally result in a jump of a couple of hundred RPM on the tachometer. It does give a sensation that the transmission is down-shifting though. If you can get so...

j-dawg wrote:do you feel the car bucking or jerking slightly?

any information on what transmission fluid is in there, when it was last changed, &c?

Yes to the 1st question. I don't know when the oil was changed as I recently bought the car. Within the last 4 weeks.
Leonard

Nope, actually it's more like the tranny 'disengages/engages' and the tachometer shows neither increase nor decrease in revs.

Hi folks, Leonard here, new member located in Northern California. Have a 1999 S70 T5 with 147500 miles on the clock; and yesterday on the freeway, the tranny started "cutting out" between 45 - 70 mph. Would downshift when accelerator was fully depressed as usual and not seem to "cut ...

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