MeatL0af

Ok, yet another problem with this car i just got.... Cruising down the road, and all the sudden the speedometer drops to 0. I thought ok the speedometer is broken, but oh no that wasn't all. I realized when i give it gas, it just revs, it doesnt accelerate. I stopped and took off again. It accelerated a little until it got up to about 10 mph (about 10; Cant tell; no speedo) then it just revved up more. This car is stressing me out. Its my dream car, but i'm not so sure it is anymore with all the problems... Does anyone know what it could be?

Schweet97Z

iTrader: (35)

transmission maybe? check the fluid and see if its full. the fluid must be hot and on a level surface for an accurate reading. also smell it to see if its burnt at all. that is if its automatic. if its manual, maybe the clutch then?

MeatL0af

Its auto.. i've checked tranny fluid and all that.. We took out the old speed sensor and its cracked.. were changing it now. I'll let yall know if that was the prob.

LTSpeed

Wow. This EXACT same thing happened to me yesterday driving my son's 98 Eclipse (only 75K miles!). The short answer in his case is: $2500 factory rebuilt tranny. It was ultimately caused by some smaller failure in the shift solenoid assembly. This caused overheating that took out the pump, which took out the clutch assemblies.

I must say that I had some tiny sense of satisfaction following the tow truck in my 150K+ 97 A4 Camaro. I hope yours turns out to be just the speed sensor. I've only had 1 go bad in my 7 F-bodies.

phantomzer0

iTrader: (17)

its the tranny for sure, you can probably find one for sale on these boards usually for dirt *** cheap. at least you can fix it now and not worry about it for a while!

MeatL0af

ok yea cuz that thing didnt fix it.. its not doing it as bad anymore but it did it a couple times.. but just for a second.