Sorry if this has been posted before...i have an 05 neon sxt..i just changed the trans fluid and filter today.didnt look to bad...heres the problem i am having..overdrive is not kicking in,at 50mph the rpms are at 2000,that is not good..this was happening before i changed the fluid and filter,i thought that would help,but no luck..any ideas what is causing this to happen?think that the overdive is burned out?any help appreciated..

 

figured it out,all is good now

 

What was wrong?

 

wondering if it was the temperature thing...

it is winter, and if he lives in a cold state... the overdrive will not kick in untill the engine/trans/whatever temp gets up to a certain level

 

I live in the cold state of Michigan..lol,yes when the car warmed up it started shifting fine..

 

-Yeah, my SXT hasn't been dropping into overdrive until I've driven a couple miles. Of course that was when we were sitting at -12* or so a couple weeks back. Now that we've warmed up to the teens and higher, everything is OK. Btw, what tranny fluid do you recommend?

L8R,
Matt

 

i used atf +4

 

-Yeah, I knew it used ATF+4. I was just wondering about which brands were preferred. But today I was at the local Wally-World nosing around. Found out they have Mopar ATF+4 for $4/qt. Not a bad price considering Advance Auto sells Valvoline ATF+4 for $5 and change. I'll have to pick up a few more and then grab a filter kit to do my change.

L8R,
Matt