My request is in reference to the reaction sun shell, a part within the 4l60-e transmission prone to catastrophic failure. What recourse do I have? Chilton's says the Torque Converter holds 5, Haynes says 4. The mechanic says it is too dangerous to drive. After adding your first quart or however much you think it needs check the level. After refill check oil level. My first Jimmy is a 2000 with 60000 miles and the second is a 2001 with 50000 miles. Pull the stick all the way out this way and wipe the entire length of it clean and replace it again.
You can order one from a dealer, find one at a salvage yard, ebay, or one of these sites:. Make sure your engine is running and in park for the entire process. I have also stopped in the dealer on 2 separate times about the transmission. The sun gear went bad. We were driving at night when I found it by accident while trying to turn on the dome light. In both cases, there was no warning of a pending failure. Also, the four wheel drive gets stuck periodically.
General Motors admits that this was overlooked and not included in the 2000 manual. This information can be found in your owner's manual. Failure of a single transmission in any vehicle can be attributed to a variety of circumstances. To do this, replace the dip stick and run it up and down a few times to get all the fluid that you just poured down there that stayed in the tube on the stick. The failures occurred during the operation of the vehicles at highway speeds. Within the last 2 ½ months, the reaction sun shell in both of the vehicles has failed, resulting in severe damage to the 4L60-E transmissions. I paid 1,400 dollars to have it rebuilt.
I also do not abuse my vehicle and do not tow anything. I'll go broke if the vehicle requires a new transmission every 40000 miles. Any time there is a sudden and drastic change in the operating characteristics of a motor vehicle, the operator is presented with a dangerous situation threatening the safety of the operator, passengers, and fellow drivers. We were driving at night when I found it by accident while trying to turn on the dome light. In both cases, there was no warning of a pending failure. Now the other one has to be replaced.
The mechanic says it is too dangerous to drive. All of my miles are highway miles and I have all my maintanence records to prove that I do scheduled maintanence on my vehicle. Then check fluid level and add as necessary. The failures occurred during the operation of the vehicles at highway speeds. By looking online it seems that this is a common failure to this transmission. I have never raced the truck, or towed a trailer, or went 4-wheeling with it.
If I found it by accident, sooner or later someone else will too. People who own these 2000 models need to made aware of this option. The next time, it might get someone killed. The mechanic hooked up a computer to see the problem. Each time it cost approx. Failure of a single transmission in any vehicle can be attributed to a variety of circumstances. I have never raced the truck, or towed a trailer, or went 4-wheeling with it.
My first Jimmy is a 2000 with 60000 miles and the second is a 2001 with 50000 miles. Nevertheless, we still had to replace the transmission. The option was was not listed in the users manual. Now with 83000 miles the transmission did the same thing. These repairs are not cheap and premature! If I found it by accident, sooner or later someone else will too. These repairs are not cheap and premature! Check fluid level and add fluid as needed.
Along the top of dash you now see 7 screws remove them remove plastic cover under sterring colmn and remove 2 15mm bolts from colmn rest colmn on seat bottom left and right corners have a 10 mm bolt silver in colour rem … ove them and your dash is free. By looking online it seems that this is a common failure to this transmission. . Both the Chilton's and Haynes for my '76 Aspen say the 904 holds 4 quarts. Then, I had to replace a ball joint. At 84,300 miles my 4le60 transmission went out.