1999 Cadillac Catera transmission or electrical problems?

1999 CADILLAC CATERA
75,500 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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SKYENASH
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The problem I ma having with the catera is first thing in the am when I go to work as I pu the car in gear to leav my driveway the transmission light & check engine light will come on & the trnsmission, I call it, drops out The car will barely move now if I get the car moving & then get it up to 40-45mph & at that time turn the key on off on off repeatedly for oh a mile or 2 the transmission llight will o off & the car will run perfectly fine the rest f the day no matter how any hours if is pared at my job Th check engine lihgt will go out that afternoon after being turned off for a few hours Here's the mai thing though by the time I get it to any mechanic the lights are already out so tey can not diagnose the problem I haave had the transmissionserviced & they said it looked just fine So I need all th help I can get I have been told by several mechanics they need to see it when both lights are on I haave a list of codes that oe mechanic gave me but didn't tell me what any of the codes mean how do Ifind out
Aug 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM
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FACTORYJACK
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Just because the lights are out, doesn't mean that there are no codes in the system. Have they tried and found no codes?
Aug 20, 2009 at 12:46 AM
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