help please ,mi car goes slow

[Rhadamanthe]

here is the problem,my car is automatic, so when i star driving mi car goes right,but take to longer to shift between 2 and 3,when i want to tunn to left or right,i start to push the brake right,and then wehn i take the street i put some gas to win speed but my car goes so slow and i have to accelerate so hard to recover my speed,what coud be the problem,my mather seid maybe i have to change the oil transmision?????????????????

[Die Ford V8]

Here is the problem, my car is an automatic. So when I start driving my car goes right, but it takes a quite a while to shift between 2nd and 3rd. When I want to turn left or right and hit the I have to obviously hit the gas to resume speed. When I try to resume speed and give it some gas it goes slow. I then have to accelerate hard to resume speed. What could be the problem? My mother said I might have to change the tranmission fluid. What do you guys think??

EDITED^^^^

I think your tranny just isnt downshifting like it is supposed to. Try manualy shifting it down when you try to resume speeds and see what happens. You might have some sincrows* that are bad. I would probably have my tranny fluid changed, but first I would check to see if there is any in it. Also smell the fluid and if it smells burnt you might need a new tranny. Do you have a Service Engine Soon light that comes on. (SES Light).

[Rhadamanthe]

no ,no SES light on the car,i bought the car a few months ago with 48.000 miles, now the has 51.000, yes i tried shifting manualy and i realized some trouble between 2 and 3 .when i changed to 3 take like 10 seconds to respond 3 gear.so i realized the problem driving on D and shifting with 1-2-3. yes the trany fluid smel bad and looks brown

[PewterBird]

Originally posted by Die Ford V8:
Here is the problem, my car is an automatic. So when I start driving my car goes right, but it takes a quite a while to shift between 2nd and 3rd. When I want to turn left or right and hit the I have to obviously hit the gas to resume speed. When I try to resume speed and give it some gas it goes slow. I then have to accelerate hard to resume speed. What could be the problem? My mother said I might have to change the tranmission fluid. What do you guys think??

EDITED^^^^

I think your tranny just isnt downshifting like it is supposed to. Try manualy shifting it down when you try to resume speeds and see what happens. You might have some sincrows* that are bad. I would probably have my tranny fluid changed, but first I would check to see if there is any in it. Also smell the fluid and if it smells burnt you might need a new tranny. Do you have a Service Engine Soon light that comes on. (SES Light).

I still don't understand it? You edited it....try translating it.


When was the last time you had a tune up? ie. Plugs, wires, Pvc valve, fuel filter, air filter. oil.

A clogged cat can cause hesitation and make it seep like the trans is messing up. Check your cat.

Also, how is your coolant. If your coolant has gone bad, and is that nasty brown mud, your waterpump is working to hard and robbing a few ponies.

Check for exhuast leaks too.

[Rhadamanthe]

When was the last time you had a tune up?
no tune-up yet

Also, how is your coolant. If your coolant has gone bad, and is that nasty brown mud.
yes looks brown and it smells like ****.

[Rhadamanthe]

and iam sorry.my writing is ****. I even learn english

[chadder]

(in yoda voice) talk in english i do!

I had the same prob. for a little while when i just bought my car and i got it tuned (unfortunately not dyno tuned, but tuned nonetheless) and that fixed it.

[Rhadamanthe]

thanks,iam goin to pepboys next monday,i'll tell you if the fix the car ok

thanks and good night

[Die Ford V8]

no prob about the english, i just thought it would be quicker to read my edited version so people can help you faster.

not coolant but Tranny fluid right?? the dipstick with a red handle. your tranny is probably shot, how much did you pay for your car? good luck with the checking of your tranny.

[Rhadamanthe]

i paid 6.500 for it,97 firebird with the y87 package(apareance package,diferential,4 brackes blablabla.)the car looks in excelent condition amd the intior looks brand new,just iam goi crazi with that trany chit.

[Die Ford V8]

hmmmm tough to tell. does your tranny seem to be slipping or just bogging down?

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[CamaroRob97]

He doesn't have syncrows its a automatic. You said your tranny fluid is brown and smells bad, thats a sign of your clutch packs burning up. I wouldn't flush/change the filter though, less particles in the fluid so you get less friction and slips happen more.

If you eventually get it rebuilt, make sure you take it to someone that knows what there doing, or the problem can come back to haunt ya.

[1BadBird]

Could be a bad coil pack or plug wire, but sounds likely that the tranny's cooked !!