Mike 01WS6

Just as the title says.....

I was driving around town and took off from a light, 1st, 2nd, then reached over for 5th (as to save myself from rowing through all the gears) and it seemed to go a little farther than usually which felt odd, then GRRRRIIIIINNDD!!!!!! I was like "WTF?" Then I went to 5th and tried to go back to the reverse gear to see if it was still acting that way....the solenoid was then activated by that time.

I have had this happen to me about a handful of times since then. Each time- a slide of the shifter to 5th, shifter goes way farther to the right than usual, then a grind, then I get startled bringing my attention to the shifter and I slide it into 5th.

What the hell is going on here?

verbs

i had the dealership not plug in the right plugs in the right spots which caused that for me, but i noticed it the second i left the dealership.

LOnSLO

iTrader: (15)

I forgot to plug in mine once. I grinded it into reverse at speed a few times before I realized it. Had a solenoid fail in my friends car also.

ssjunkie

iTrader: (3)

Never had this happen but if it works ocassionally, then I would say its still plugged up.

Ravenous T\A

iTrader: (12)

I did during a race once, went to slam 3rd got a little to eager and slammed reverse, luckly it didnt engage, just acted like I was in neutral Still works after that during normal driving, maybe it was just a fluke in my case

calhoon

iTrader: (6)

The solenoids fail with the load on. the power releives the load. If you have no restriction to the gate, you have plugged the wrong connector to the reverse solenoid( used the skip shift plug).It is most remote but I suppose your ECM could be sending an incorrect signal to the solenoid( not likely)

Mike 01WS6

My trans has never been apart, had any plugs removed, and has no skip shift eliminator. Totally stock trans. I do have a very worn clutch though, so possibly the clutch could be engaged somewhat w/o me knowing it, sending power through the trans but not noticable enough to show any power through the driveline. So there could be a load and stopping the solenoids from working, or I just have a solenoid that is going bad.

calhoon

iTrader: (6)

chech the plug carefully. You could need a new soledoid.

jerflash

that happened to me once the same way as you

went to go into 5th and all i heard and felt was grind

then when i tried again it would not do it

wierd... i posted on here when it happened to me also

Mark VerMurlen

I had this same thing happen with my car. It was very intermitent. My dealership replaced the reverse lockout solenoid under warranty (even though they couldn't reproduce the problem) and it hasn't happened since.

- Mark