Hi there,
A newbie as they say to the forum. I bought a used 07 Outlook 2 months ago. I live in Ontario, Canada. The vehicle has 158000km,s on it and it looks and feels and drives like a car that is a few years old. The issue I have is that last week when going to pass a slower car, my Outlook transmission stuck in gear, it seemed like may 3rd or 4th gear and would not shift up or down, the CEL came on.
I managed to get to where I was going, switched the car off and went back in it after about 10 mins.
The car then went back to normal driving and after a few minutes the CEL went off.
I have read so many issues with the tranny on these cars so I went to my local GM dealer and asked them to check the history to see if any work had been done on the tranny.
My car was a local car and I was told that the timing chains had been replaced last October.
The dealer said they would check the codes and see what it was. They did this and said it was something to do with a stuck solenoid. They mentioned the exact code but I cant remember what it was. I have been driving about for 1 week now since this happened. The tranny shifts up and down smoothly, reverse is fine as well, no slipping, no crunching, the tranny oil is spotless.
So I have to ask question, Is my transmission about to let go, I have zero warranty left, the transmission to me shifts perfectly with no issues related to what happened last week. My wife would go mental :banghead:if I had to have a transmission put in the car so soon after buying it.
Do you think the wave plate fault has probably been rectified on this car due to it having nearly 100k miles on it, or maybe NOT
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Eddie ( A Scotsman living in Canada ) ;D
A newbie as they say to the forum. I bought a used 07 Outlook 2 months ago. I live in Ontario, Canada. The vehicle has 158000km,s on it and it looks and feels and drives like a car that is a few years old. The issue I have is that last week when going to pass a slower car, my Outlook transmission stuck in gear, it seemed like may 3rd or 4th gear and would not shift up or down, the CEL came on.
I managed to get to where I was going, switched the car off and went back in it after about 10 mins.
The car then went back to normal driving and after a few minutes the CEL went off.
I have read so many issues with the tranny on these cars so I went to my local GM dealer and asked them to check the history to see if any work had been done on the tranny.
My car was a local car and I was told that the timing chains had been replaced last October.
The dealer said they would check the codes and see what it was. They did this and said it was something to do with a stuck solenoid. They mentioned the exact code but I cant remember what it was. I have been driving about for 1 week now since this happened. The tranny shifts up and down smoothly, reverse is fine as well, no slipping, no crunching, the tranny oil is spotless.
So I have to ask question, Is my transmission about to let go, I have zero warranty left, the transmission to me shifts perfectly with no issues related to what happened last week. My wife would go mental :banghead:if I had to have a transmission put in the car so soon after buying it.
Do you think the wave plate fault has probably been rectified on this car due to it having nearly 100k miles on it, or maybe NOT
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Eddie ( A Scotsman living in Canada ) ;D