Hey guys, I have a problem with my Forester and I'm not exactly sure what's going on, so I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I'll try to explain it as best I can, bear with me.. When it's cold out (around 0 C or colder) and I first start driving, I drive slowly to the end of a street and then turn out onto a bigger road. The thing seems fine as I go down the first street, but once I get onto the main road and start accelerating up to 60, the thing will 'slip' or something the first time it shifts to second gear. Basically what happens is the trans will disengage and the engine will free rev (so I have to let off the gas) and then a second or two later it will finally go into second and power is restored to the wheels.
I don't know if that really counts as slipping since it doesn't seem to do it once it's actually into gear, it's just like it stays in neutral or something for a few seconds first. Once I've been driving for a few minutes the problem goes away and the transmission seems perfectly fine.
I hope that makes sense, I'm not really good with this sort of thing, so any help is much appreciated.
I'll try to explain it as best I can, bear with me.. When it's cold out (around 0 C or colder) and I first start driving, I drive slowly to the end of a street and then turn out onto a bigger road. The thing seems fine as I go down the first street, but once I get onto the main road and start accelerating up to 60, the thing will 'slip' or something the first time it shifts to second gear. Basically what happens is the trans will disengage and the engine will free rev (so I have to let off the gas) and then a second or two later it will finally go into second and power is restored to the wheels.
I don't know if that really counts as slipping since it doesn't seem to do it once it's actually into gear, it's just like it stays in neutral or something for a few seconds first. Once I've been driving for a few minutes the problem goes away and the transmission seems perfectly fine.
I hope that makes sense, I'm not really good with this sort of thing, so any help is much appreciated.