sony2000 thank you for your reply. Last summer when I had the transmission flushed properly by the dealer, I also had all of the codes updated to the latest version. I will not fix if not broken but would like to try and determine if possible if the transmission is healthy. I love this car but am no...

Last year I had a question on this cars transmission and JRL graciously answered (147K). At the time it was under a Penn Warranty (not good). As a final resort I had the local dealer properly flush the trans. and some of the problems went away. I appologize for not closing the loop at the time. Howe...

Thank you for the quick replies. The dealer performed the ECM and TCM software upgrades on the car with no change to the running problems. The question now is getting the dealer to admit the transmission is going bad as I have only a year warranty from The Penn Warranty Corporation (hope they are go...

I just recently purchased the car (149,000 miles) and am assuming this is a transmission problem. It has the automatic trans. with manual shifting option. Just starting out driving after setting overnight the first shift from 2 to 3 does not happen untill 3000rpm, all other shifts occur around 2100 ...

Taking out the drive shaft did not look like a job I could do in my driveway. I tool it to the shop (audi, bmw volvo etc) and the said that it would damage the car if it was driven with the drive shaft removed (as a fwd). I thought this could be done to help determine the cause of my vibration problem

When I purchased the car there was a vibration that was diagnosed as a weight missing on the drive shaft from the bevel box. The whole drive shaft was replaced but I do not believe correctly because there is still vibration. The tires have been balanced and in good condition but the vibration occurs...

I have a 1997 850 T5 wagon with 96000 miles. The check engine light is on and the radiator fan does not shut off untill I disconnect the battery. The OBDII code that I get is PO117. Does anyone know what this means. I have looked at some of the sites listed in previous posts for codes but they were ...