u/Dazzling-Trash1139

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Loses gear / shifting issues

THROWS NO CODES

EDIT: After replacing fluid and filter, it shifts fine. Tons of metal shavings inside the trans pan tho :/

Something is definitely falling apart in there. I likely just band aided it.

Thanks for trying to help

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it does not go into gear without some serious playing with it.

Anything into 3rd gear+

I had to run it up to 4500+ rpm, drop it down to 3500, and it would stay in gear for a little while (1-2 miles max) Then slip out of gear and sky rocket RPMS..

I had to hold it around 3.2k rpm’s and it would maybe hold for a little. But would ultimately slip back out of gear.

throw itself into neutral it felt like. to protect itself I’d assume.(definitely was not getting any gears, I could drop down to 2,000 rpm up to 5,000.. and nothing)

did the 4.5k->3.5k rpm’s throw itself back into it.

I then had to repeat the process a million times, take back highways etc. and that’s delicate af as I already said (keeping at 3.2k MAYBE worked)

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Or anything under 35 mph it’d do just fine.

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I noticed if I just stick the jeep in second gear with shifter, it does that no problem. So I limped it home with flashers on.

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I can do pretty much all work to a car.. besides insides the trans I’m totally ignorant.

I plan to change the trans fluid/filter today, check for metal shavings or anything obviously wrong. // it’s just all I know how to do to a trans 😭

what could be the cause of these symptoms? This all started in the 150 miles I drive TODAY.

no issues literally yesterday.

I got work in 3 days and pretty much all the tools to get this done. PUH LEASE jeep community. Give ideas / input.

Let’s get me rolling again

Thanks

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u/Dazzling-Trash1139 — 15 days ago