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2002 toyota alion wont change third gear i replaced three gear boxes but still the problem occur, it can’t reach 60speed
Need a replacement transmission? Quality transmissions are hard to find. Free estimate to your email.There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll let you know right up front, you are going to have to change out the entire transmission. The reason I am saying that is that your Alion has gone into limp-home mode and your repairs aren’t clearing up the problem enough for the vehicle to go back to normal operation.
Limp-home mode occurs when something like the clutches or clutches and bands or the gears or, possibly, just one of the solenoids, fails to work and sends an error code the the vehicle’s engine control computer. When the computer sees it’s a transmission-related code, it tells the transmission to go into limp-home mode. Limp-home usually leaves you one forward gear and, possibly, no reverse or just one forward gear and reverse.
It enters this mode so that you can drive your Alion to a service area and have it properly evaluated and repaired.
Honestly, it won’t do to keep swapping out the gearing because that’s not the problem. The problem isn’t in the shifter or cable, either. It is in the clutches/bands which need work.
You can’t really see anything yourself as you have to have a trained technician with an OBD-II diagnostic scanner plug in and take a look. The chances are good there’s an error code stored with 07 as the first two digits. That indicates it is transmission-related in most cars. From there on out there are two other numbers which narrow things down. However, you don’t have to know what the last two numbers mean as the scanner will give you the entire error code.
Your technician can then look at the error code and see where the problem is.
With that said, at this point, I would advise you to have the transmission replaced with a rebuilt transmission. A rebuilt transmission, by the way, is only “rebuilt” in name only. When it arrives at the shop, it’s really a new unit inside a used housing. It is less expensive for you this way. It will cost you between $3,200 and $3,400 but when it’s done, you won’t be having the problems you are having now.
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