Transmission Light

2004 OLDSMOBILE ALERO
6 CYL
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RODEOGAL006
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When it is cold outside my transmission light will come on but does not stay on. It only happens when I turn the car on and start driving, sometimes it will come back on after it goes off when i accelerate but that just started to happen as it is getting colder. The GM dealer wants me to get a transmission flush... what do you think? Anything I can check on my own first before I spend money I don't really have?
Nov 24, 2011 at 11:57 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Scan the computer for code/s and get back with it-Autozone will do it for free-
Nov 25, 2011 at 12:08 AM
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RODEOGAL006
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I did they told me to go to a dealer because Oldsmobile put sensors on the cars to get annual check ups lol...
Nov 26, 2011 at 3:49 AM
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FACTORYJACK
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There is no transmission light on your vehicle, Go into a little more detail on this warning light. Is this a manual transmission vehicle, and you are talking about the upshift light(arrow). A fault with the transmission controls would illuminate the check engine light, but you would not associate this with a transmission problem unless there was a symptom.
Nov 26, 2011 at 4:36 AM