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Old Aug 16, 2016 | 07:21 PM
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I wanted to share a recent issue with my transmission. Two days ago I noticed that my torque converter was locking way to early when the vehicle was cold. It was also reluctant to disengage when approaching a stop. Transmission was serviced 10K ago and has never missed a 25K service over the life of the vehicle.

I took it to a transmission specialist that I trusted. He diagnosed and repaired the issue for less than $300. What he found was a faulty TCC Solenoid in the valve body. He also replaced all accessible check ***** in the valve assembly. The truck is back to me good as new. I hope this offers someone some guidance in the future. If it happened to me it will happen to someone else.
 
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing this. Glad to see your transmission still ticking along after that many miles!
 
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing this. Glad to see your transmission still ticking along after that many miles!
Me too. I was worried at first about having to rebuild it. I hate to put that money into a vehicle that I'm trading next year. It shifts as good as it ever did.
 
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And I hope you praise your mechanic publicly as well. An honest and efficient repair, instead of the all too common "you need a new/rebuilt transmission".
 
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I sure did. Called them the next day. People like that are hard to find.
 
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