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Already replaced Speed Sensors in and out.
Metal filing/material was on Speed Sensor. 1/8 of teaspoon or less.
Do you have any next recommendations if solenoid should be replaced. Or are we thinking more on overdrive clutch.. Not sure how to test that.. Fluid is clean, but filter has not been checked. Now 99,000 Miles on car. Bought from dealer at 65,000 Miles.
Generally seems to drive fairly well at 35-38 Miles per hour. Once I speed up beyond that, it goes into limp mode.
He continued to drive the car with it making this noise up until this past July when he lent it to me, with the idea being I'd probably buy it assuming it wasn't a major problem. He went and got the oil changed and tried to get the registration and inspection up to date, but the inspection failed due to the CEL. I took it to Cottman Transmission and they said they cannot identify the issue, they'd have to pull the tranny off and inspect it. $550 just for that, which would get included in repair costs depending on what they found. They said the transmission fluid was fine and not burnt, etc. and only mentioned that I had minor oil and tranny fluid leaks. The car shifts smoothly still and has plenty of "go," it's not in limp mode, but it does make extra noise if it has to work hard above 3.5K rpm, so far only if I have the AC on and getting onto the freeway or the cruise control is trying to get back up to the set speed. More recently I've noticed a rhythmic tapping when standing still at idle, and it can become more of a light knocking during deceleration from highway speeds and it goes away once speed gets below 40mph.
I was thinking of biting the bullet and paying Cottman to take the tranny off an identify the issue, hoping it will be simple, but it seems that's unlikely. Not only that, but it appears I can buy a tested good used replacement tranny for under $1K shipped, I am guessing getting the work done by Cottman would cost much more than that, depending on the issue. Of course I will still have to pay someone labor to install the new used tranny and fill the fluids and such.
So I guess my question is, does it seem worth it to those of you who have significant history with PTs? Should I just pass this up, or is it worth getting fixed? It's an otherwise nice car with only the usual wear on the outside, it has leather seats, etc. all the interior electronics are in good working condition, etc, it's just the transmission that is a problem. I'd hate to see the car get junked or sold for parts, etc. oddly.
In the end I just want to go a route that isn't super expensive, but will reliably and definitively fix the problem. I don't want to take it to a shop, put in $500+ to have them tear it apart and look at it, then give me a $1.5K+ laundry list if just buying a whole new working tranny and paying labor to install it would be cheaper.
I've got a 2005 PT Cruiser which has 120K miles on it. Lately, I've been hearing the engine puttering, sounding like what I call a "wind-up" car. Though sometimes it doesn't have a consistent putter. It skips one or two "putts". It idles rough when I'm stopped at a light and in Drive, but if I put it in Neutral, it idles fine.
I've had the car for 6 years and have had a oil change done every 3-5K miles. I had the engine looked at around 100K and I thought they did a trans flush, but I'll have to double check that.
If they didn't, I'll get that done and hopefully it will fix the problem. If they did, should I get another one done? Would it hurt?
I have a 2003 PT Cruiser and I notice last weekend that it was a struggle to shift down to Drive but I was able to and as soon as I got to my location I put it in park but while I was parking I heard a click sound when shifting pass R, turned my car off took the keys out and my car starts to reverse. I jumped in the car and push the brakes and made sure it was in park, my car was now in park but when I turned it on I notice I couldn't reverse and when I got home I turned the car off again and now it won't turn on and I just noticed a buzz noise coming from the engine area... anyone have any ideas??? email heyimsteven@gmail.com
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, original owner.
Approx 138,000 miles on it.
March 2015 Mechanic performed the following: "Install New Power Steering Rack, perform 4 wheel alignment, install new torque converter solenoid and gaskets, reseal transmission pan and install new gasket, install new T-stat housing and O ring and coolant, install reman compressor and receiver dryer and a/c line, flush sysmte evac and recharge system"
April 2015 I had problem with "Hard shifting from 2nd to 1st (bandum-badum-badump) and feeling like it went into neutral from reverse and not moving." I would shift the gear up to park and back down to drive and sometimes it would go into drive and move and sometimes it would just rev like it was in neutral again. Sometime it took several times of this to get it to go. Fortunately only at my parking space and coming out of my apartment complex so no traffic safety issues. Took back to mechanic where they "Topped off transmission fluid."
Car ran fine until October 2015 when it started the whole thing over again. Took to mechnanic, naturally test drive the car ran fine. He checked fluids, said they were "not low enough to be causing this problem and I'm not topping it off." So I left. Next day car kicked into "neutral" while driving several times on my way out of my apartment and once on the road.
Any suggestions what it could be before I get a new mechanic?
https://www.carcarekiosk.com/video/2007_Chrysler_PT_Cruiser_Limited_2.4L_4_Cyl./transmission_fluid/check_fluid_level
If the fluid level is right, you're probably going to need to visit a shop that handles transmission issues. Transmission work is not a do-it-yourself kind of thing.