Hi,
I've done a little bit of searching on the forum and haven't found the same exact problem I'm having, so I'm hoping for some help. In short I'm having some slipping & shuddering from the AT in my 2009 Forester XT with ~85k miles.
The long version:
I noticed last week that the car would seem to loose power when in reverse. It wouldn't slip, as in the revs didn't go up, but it seems like it was as if I took my foot off the gas. I checked the AT fluid and it was a bit dark, so I drained it last week.
Then we drove it a few hundred miles without any trouble, including a 7 hours of driving yesterday. Then today, it started shudder and trip the CEL when at WOT from a stop. The codes were P0734 & P0700. Based on some research, I checked the fluid and the level was a little high. So I took some fluid out (about 1/2 a quart) until it was just at the high mark. (Edit: I realized I didn't check it when the car was running)
When I took the Forester back out, it seemed to be driving ok. Then it suddered/chattered at a slow acceleration when I turned on to my street. I took the car back out for a 15 minute drive, with all sorts of soft & hard starts, and it drove without any more problems. Then we went back out for a 50 mile drive with not problems until we were almost back home when it started slipping a lot. This time same codes plus P0733.
Right now I'm sort of at a loss, it seems like low mileage to have Transmission issues. Its primarily my wife's daily driver, and she's pretty easy on the car. Any thoughts or suggestions on where to look is much appreciated.
I've done a little bit of searching on the forum and haven't found the same exact problem I'm having, so I'm hoping for some help. In short I'm having some slipping & shuddering from the AT in my 2009 Forester XT with ~85k miles.
The long version:
I noticed last week that the car would seem to loose power when in reverse. It wouldn't slip, as in the revs didn't go up, but it seems like it was as if I took my foot off the gas. I checked the AT fluid and it was a bit dark, so I drained it last week.
Then we drove it a few hundred miles without any trouble, including a 7 hours of driving yesterday. Then today, it started shudder and trip the CEL when at WOT from a stop. The codes were P0734 & P0700. Based on some research, I checked the fluid and the level was a little high. So I took some fluid out (about 1/2 a quart) until it was just at the high mark. (Edit: I realized I didn't check it when the car was running)
When I took the Forester back out, it seemed to be driving ok. Then it suddered/chattered at a slow acceleration when I turned on to my street. I took the car back out for a 15 minute drive, with all sorts of soft & hard starts, and it drove without any more problems. Then we went back out for a 50 mile drive with not problems until we were almost back home when it started slipping a lot. This time same codes plus P0733.
Right now I'm sort of at a loss, it seems like low mileage to have Transmission issues. Its primarily my wife's daily driver, and she's pretty easy on the car. Any thoughts or suggestions on where to look is much appreciated.