Auto transmission AWD but has fuse in to make it FrontWD.
Car has well under 120k miles and sat all winter, started right up. drove 3 times and it got warm (not over heated) so i found an almost empty radiator that i filled immediately. drove another time and heat guage never said it got warm. I fixed the leaking exhaust, then I noticed radiator and oil leak(s).so I always check oil and radiator fluid before driving this car.
After that i drove around for an afternoon, and on a big hill lost all power going up. transmission seemed to be all over the place, and i was crawling up the hill at 5-6krpm, eventually coming to a stop and having to pull over. pulled over and saw the radiator fans in front stopped working entirely, but the heat guage inside said temperature was OK. i had to pull over multiple times and turn the car off, let it cool down (heat guage said it was still cool but i say BS), then crawl another couple hundred feet up the hill and pull over again.
I immediately parked it and let it cool off for a couple days. it moves around now at high rpms but just barely, and the transmission seems to think its going down the highway when i'm goin 2-4 mph on flat pavement....
thermostat?
speed controller? sensor?
transmission?
drive shaft?
PLEASE help! thank you! i owned the car for less than 2weeks when this all happened.
Car has well under 120k miles and sat all winter, started right up. drove 3 times and it got warm (not over heated) so i found an almost empty radiator that i filled immediately. drove another time and heat guage never said it got warm. I fixed the leaking exhaust, then I noticed radiator and oil leak(s).so I always check oil and radiator fluid before driving this car.
After that i drove around for an afternoon, and on a big hill lost all power going up. transmission seemed to be all over the place, and i was crawling up the hill at 5-6krpm, eventually coming to a stop and having to pull over. pulled over and saw the radiator fans in front stopped working entirely, but the heat guage inside said temperature was OK. i had to pull over multiple times and turn the car off, let it cool down (heat guage said it was still cool but i say BS), then crawl another couple hundred feet up the hill and pull over again.
I immediately parked it and let it cool off for a couple days. it moves around now at high rpms but just barely, and the transmission seems to think its going down the highway when i'm goin 2-4 mph on flat pavement....
thermostat?
speed controller? sensor?
transmission?
drive shaft?
PLEASE help! thank you! i owned the car for less than 2weeks when this all happened.
Apr 28, 2013 at 3:43 PM