Problems with my A540E Auto Transmission...

[JetspeedCamry]

I've got some problems with my auto transmission at the moment.

First of all, I was driving at 35mph in 'D' and all of a sudden the RPM's started to rise, as if I was in neutral. I stopped, switched off the car, and started it again. And all was fine.

Same thing happened over a holiday weekend. I had the car parked after a bit of driving, started it, drove off and the the trans was slipping like crazy. It almost felt like a powerglide tranny. In "D' the RPM shot up to 3K RPM and stayed there..didnt rev any more, didnt shift at all. The car slowly pulls away getting up to speed (slowly) but the RPM didnt change unless I took my foot the the pedal, in which case it droped down to 1.1KRPM or idle depending on my speed. This happened a few times, usually when the car was warmed up.

During these events, my O/D flashes when the O/D is enganged. If O/D is not engaged, the O/D light remains on, as it should. Also, the display on the dash which tells me of the gear im in and O/D and PWR/NORM goes all weird, like dims badly and doesnt display some of the gears.

After speaker to a friend of mine, he suggested removing the battery connection to reset the ECU and Transmission ECU. I did this and all seems fine now, but...the O/D light still flashes.

I have tried searchn about this, and theres not much 'actual' info on it...lots of sortofs and stuff ive already done. Also, I'd love to know what the flashing O/D light means, as i think this is the warning to my problem. I don't have a credit card or anything, so downloading the online manual from the Toyota Technical site is impossible.

Can anyone assit me?
Thankyou.

[anuthaCamry]

if you're resourceful and lucky you might be able to find it (TSM) online somewhere without a card. That sounds like a transmission code, there are 4 of them for my a140e they are like 60s and stuff. like 61,62,63,64

I hope you didn't overfill your transmission, but maybe phasing in synthetic atf might prevent future occurences. I suggest you go and research buying a US currency visa or mastercard Gift Card and using that to purchase the information from toyota. Allow several hours for the downloads, they made purposely time-consuming.

[JetspeedCamry]

I was sorta thinking that the problem is within the ECU. Considering when I disconnected my battery, the trouble seems to go away (however the OD light remained flashing).
I've read the changing to synthetic auto fluid is bad for a trans with so many miles. I can only assume the trans has never been rebuild, and if so...its got 273K kms on it.

Any idea what sorta problems are associated with flashing O/D lights?

[anuthaCamry]

273km? ...miles, buddy p'leeeze


code 64 is a torque converter lockup selenoid failure and will disable the car (I guess to avoid rediculous amounts of damage) it doesn't make the o/d flash it kills the car

the other codes, I guess, are less serious...maybe fixable

[Toysrme]

During these events, my O/D flashes when the O/D is enganged.

I was sorta thinking that the problem is within the ECU. Considering when I disconnected my battery, the trouble seems to go away (however the OD light remained flashing).

It stored the trouble code, you haven't solved anything.


Look up the code and figure out whats wrong before you break something you could fix for $20.