after being hard on the brakes it drops my tranny into neutral?

1996 XJ 4.0HO 166,6xx miles auto (aw4?). So today I was coming up to a light and it decided to turn yellow on me and i was stuck between the to go or not to go question. I went on my brakes kinda hard to slow down and when i went to go again my tranny was in neutral so all it did was rev up when i pressed on the gas. after about a second or 2 it dropped it into drive when it was still at 1500 rpms (not bad). When i got to my house I did it again to see if it would drop it into neutral again which it did. Does anybody have an idea to what it could be thanks.

i would think the sudden stop surged all the fluid forward in the pan and maybe that affected the gear you were in? check your fluid level

bluejeepkid said:

check your fluid level

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x2. I know with low transmission fluid when going around a turn the engine will just spin.

If the transmission is physically shifting itself into neutral you have problems with your mounts and/or linkage.

However, I'm with the others and you need to check your fluid level.

ok thanks guys i got prom tommorow so before i get all dressed up im gonna have to check it. i know im gonna hear it from my prom date but ohhh wellllll:rof:

joe_peters said:

If the transmission is physically shifting itself into neutral you have problems with your mounts and/or linkage.

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That is what his title says it is doing, but after reading the thread body it seems lif all he is doing is pressing the pedal to get it to catch.

Talyn said:

That is what his title says it is doing, but after reading the thread body it seems lif all he is doing is pressing the pedal to get it to catch.

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yea but by the time everything settles bad thats about the 1 or 2 seconds before it catches so it mite just be the fluid going to the front of the pan/trans

so my trans was a little low so some time after this weekend (prom weekend:thumbup ill add fluid and see how it does