I have a Corolla 2003 SE Saloon with Automatic Transmission. It has done 66000 km, almost trouble free, company maintained, 2nd owner.
A month ago, i encountered a surprise problem. On the first start in the morning, when I put the lever from parking to D or R, nothing happened. All indication lights come on, even reverse beeper sounds, but no physical thrust is felt and car does not move. A simple inspection of engine and gear area revealed no problem. Oil level is fine too. Surprisingly the problem dissappeared and the car became ok after a rest of 2-3 hrs.
The problem reappeared 20 days later, on a slightly cool morning, just after the first start of the day. Then again I tried everything but the car would not move, with all indications normal. With ATF level ok, it just felt like an electrical intermittence, however it would not show up on any indication lights. My mechanic removed the electrical connector to the gear box, and refixed it, after some adjustment, the problem got fixed.
I took the car to Toyota, who gave it a 1 hr test drive, with the diagnostic computer fitted. They did not come up with any finding. Somehow I am convinced that the problem is of an intermittent solenoid, connection, or something, but the engineers did not have a clear answer, and want me to wait till I get stranded somewhere again. This is not my way of handling things, and I would like a proper diagnosis.
So my question to my friends is. With gear oil ok, Why does my corolla car sometimes fail to move, when I shift the ATM selector to D, R, L, or L2? And why does it become ok again? Has anyone encountered similar problem, what do i need to do? My dillemma is, unless it happens again, the workshop does not seem to have a clue. Is there something wrong with the electrical connector, the solenoids etc ??
A month ago, i encountered a surprise problem. On the first start in the morning, when I put the lever from parking to D or R, nothing happened. All indication lights come on, even reverse beeper sounds, but no physical thrust is felt and car does not move. A simple inspection of engine and gear area revealed no problem. Oil level is fine too. Surprisingly the problem dissappeared and the car became ok after a rest of 2-3 hrs.
The problem reappeared 20 days later, on a slightly cool morning, just after the first start of the day. Then again I tried everything but the car would not move, with all indications normal. With ATF level ok, it just felt like an electrical intermittence, however it would not show up on any indication lights. My mechanic removed the electrical connector to the gear box, and refixed it, after some adjustment, the problem got fixed.
I took the car to Toyota, who gave it a 1 hr test drive, with the diagnostic computer fitted. They did not come up with any finding. Somehow I am convinced that the problem is of an intermittent solenoid, connection, or something, but the engineers did not have a clear answer, and want me to wait till I get stranded somewhere again. This is not my way of handling things, and I would like a proper diagnosis.
So my question to my friends is. With gear oil ok, Why does my corolla car sometimes fail to move, when I shift the ATM selector to D, R, L, or L2? And why does it become ok again? Has anyone encountered similar problem, what do i need to do? My dillemma is, unless it happens again, the workshop does not seem to have a clue. Is there something wrong with the electrical connector, the solenoids etc ??