Hmmm, that's an interesting problem. Sorry, can't help...my solution was to call the junkyard. They came, carted it off and gave me 250 bucks so I called it a day. Good luck.

I would rate the fluid as "fair". It is a little dark but not black, maybe slightly brown. It was flushed 25-30k ago when it was about in the same condition. I would guess it was original at that time. Is there any way I can test the solenoids without doing the disassembly procedure and re...

So I finally got the speed sensor and put it in, didn't help, still no forward. Interestingly, with the car on jackstands, the front wheels will slowly turn forward when in gear but when down on the ground, not enough force to move the car.

I ran the set of tests available through the TCM and it came back with code 232 (0500) no Vehicle speed sensor signal. I'm considering ordering one to replace it but they are going for around $150. Any chance this could be the cause of the issue or just another unrelated problem? I don't want to thr...

If it was a solenoid problem, wouldn't there be a code thrown by the TCM?

That was a great a write-up. Did you have the same symptoms and what was the outcome? I'd tackle this if there was a good chance of success. I'd broken down and had the thing towed to a tranny shop for diagnosis. They claim there is no pressure for forward gears and want to remove the trans from the...

Yes, doesn't go forward in any mode/gear. It seems like it doesn't even try to go into any gear, e.g. no noise, jerk, clunk, change of RPM, nothing.

Abscate - your reply was both infuriating and hilarious at the same time. Jimbee - I found a procedure to check the TCM for codes. I will try that to see if it indicates any trouble with the relays. I've been kinda wondering about an electrical issue since the thing was working just fine when parked...

Thanks for the replies. The orange arrow is ON when in the manual 2 gear positions below D but not in Drive. Someone had also suggested that it might be a problem with the PNP switch so I followed the walkthrough here to remove, repair and replace it but unfortunately that didn't help either.

Went out to drive the 850 yesterday and there's no forward gears, only goes in reverse. When putting it into D or any of the manual forward gears it acts like it's in neutral, doesn't catch or anything. Reverse seems to work fine. Played with the Economy/Sport/Winter switch, even disconnecting it, d...