HeyAwesomePeople
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- Las Vegas
I was driving around town today and as I pulled off from a stoplight my car felt extremely sluggish like it didn't want to go forward or accelerate. It would slowly climb speed but RPM's had trouble climbing at all. I pulled off to a stop and I put it into 1st gear when in the parking lot. It barely wanted to move even a little bit. It would go very slowly. I wasn't able to rev the engine up to try and go faster either. It was like something was stuck. I pulled into a parking spot and put it into neutral and revved the engine. That worked just fine.
I then put it into reverse and it wouldn't move. At all. Put it into reverse and let my foot off the brake and it would just sit there. Revving it was sketchy and wouldn't let it go above 2k rpm, but once it got to around 2k rpm (with my foot almost to the floor) the whole car would jerk back a few feet. Not like light jerks either, like the car was hopping backwards. It jumped back about 3 times before it stopped and wouldn't move anymore. It then rolled a little as if you parked and a hill and didn't put your parking brake on before releasing the brake.
What's going on here? I checked the transmission fluid and it was low. Didn't even see it on the dipstick. I know that there was a small leak out of the slip yoke but I didn't expect it to drain the fluid this much. I filled it up with dexron-III and same thing happening, it wouldn't move. It would inch forward in drive but still be very slow and sluggish (I was in a parking spot so it's not like I could rev it forward).
Thanks for any help. And yes I know it was dumb to let the fluid get that low. I guess I know now. But what did I possibly damage? Torque converter? It's sitting at that parking lot now and I'll get video of it before I get it towed back to my house.
I then put it into reverse and it wouldn't move. At all. Put it into reverse and let my foot off the brake and it would just sit there. Revving it was sketchy and wouldn't let it go above 2k rpm, but once it got to around 2k rpm (with my foot almost to the floor) the whole car would jerk back a few feet. Not like light jerks either, like the car was hopping backwards. It jumped back about 3 times before it stopped and wouldn't move anymore. It then rolled a little as if you parked and a hill and didn't put your parking brake on before releasing the brake.
What's going on here? I checked the transmission fluid and it was low. Didn't even see it on the dipstick. I know that there was a small leak out of the slip yoke but I didn't expect it to drain the fluid this much. I filled it up with dexron-III and same thing happening, it wouldn't move. It would inch forward in drive but still be very slow and sluggish (I was in a parking spot so it's not like I could rev it forward).
Thanks for any help. And yes I know it was dumb to let the fluid get that low. I guess I know now. But what did I possibly damage? Torque converter? It's sitting at that parking lot now and I'll get video of it before I get it towed back to my house.