2001 Chevy Impala hard shift

2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA
82,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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JOHNNY HAILE
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transmission shifts hard and radical after 200 to 300 miles. Wife says it shifts hard in town with normal driving. Had the trans flushed last year.
May 21, 2008 at 8:34 AM
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DENNYP
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sounds like a bad PC solenoid in the transmission.
May 22, 2008 at 3:41 PM
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JOHNNY HAILE
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[quote:1a4a118221="dennyp"]sounds like a bad PC solenoid in the transmission.[/quote:1a4a118221]

Is that internal or external, and can a person with some aptatude replace it or is it for a shop machanic????
May 23, 2008 at 7:36 AM
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DENNYP
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I would really recommend having a shop do the repair.
May 25, 2008 at 3:25 PM
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