[longrange1998]

Hi all,
just bought a 2003 aspen green Camry V6 (4spd. auto) with 90000 km (55K miles). Love the car! Should have bought a Toyota a long time ago. Everything runs great, but there is a slight transmission hiccup (hiccough?) that I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience or knowledge about.
When I'm pulling away from a stop the car seems to take a while to shift into 2nd even under slight throttle. It doesn't do this in any other gear and only exhibits this behaviour the very first time it shifts into 2nd. I can drive the car for an hour and it doesn't do this again.
I should point out that having just bought the car Im getting caught up on maintenance and haven't had a chance to drain my tranny fluid yet. Could old deteriorated fluid be the cause of this?

 

[chunt5]

Hi all,
just bought a 2003 aspen green Camry V6 (4spd. auto) with 90000 km (55K miles). Love the car! Should have bought a Toyota a long time ago. Everything runs great, but there is a slight transmission hiccup (hiccough?) that I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience or knowledge about.
When I'm pulling away from a stop the car seems to take a while to shift into 2nd even under slight throttle. It doesn't do this in any other gear and only exhibits this behaviour the very first time it shifts into 2nd. I can drive the car for an hour and it doesn't do this again.
I should point out that having just bought the car Im getting caught up on maintenance and haven't had a chance to drain my tranny fluid yet. Could old deteriorated fluid be the cause of this?

Where are you located? When it is really "cold" outside (under 25 F) my I4 03 Camry does this the first time until it warms up. I have read on this site that this is fairly common for this transmission. My daughter drives the car now and she just lets it warm up a couple of minutes and manually shifts through all the gears before she starts. Changing the transmission fluid did not help. For the first 9 years we had this Camry it was garaged and never had this problem until my daughter started driving it and started parking it outside.
Here is another thread on this issue:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/1...-camry-transmission-shift-lags-when-cold.html

 

[longrange1998]

Where are you located? When it is really "cold" outside (under 25 F) my I4 03 Camry does this the first time until it warms up. I have read on this site that this is fairly common for this transmission. My daughter drives the car now and she just lets it warm up a couple of minutes and manually shifts through all the gears before she starts. Changing the transmission fluid did not help. For the first 9 years we had this Camry it was garaged and never had this problem until my daughter started driving it and started parking it outside.
Here is another thread on this issue:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/1...-camry-transmission-shift-lags-when-cold.html

Im in Ottawa and its not too cold here yet... Thx for the link Chunt5, it describes my car's behaviour to a tee

 

[matt2grfe]

Your auto trans does hold low gears longer when cold - not just winter cold but until its warmed up some from running. This is how they are supposed to work.

The idea -I think - is that the engine runs at a higher speed and lower load as it warms up. It is the trans that controls this.

 

[Greasymechtech]

Check the door tag for transmission model number.

I would check the ATF level. If low, top it off. If high, drain it out.

You are at a mileage where you can do several drain/refills or a complete fluid exchange to see if transmission responds better to fresh fluid. After the fluid level check, I would definitely get some fresh fluid in there.


http://lubricants.petro-canada.ca/en/products/612.aspx

 

[longrange1998]

:thumbup:

Check the door tag for transmission model number.

I would check the ATF level. If low, top it off. If high, drain it out.

You are at a mileage where you can do several drain/refills or a complete fluid exchange to see if transmission responds better to fresh fluid. After the fluid level check, I would definitely get some fresh fluid in there.


http://lubricants.petro-canada.ca/en/products/612.aspx

:thumb: thanks ever so much!