Hey peeps,

So I found out that the crazy rattling I was having from my car was my Torque Converter. Took it to the mechanic and he quoted me to replace it for 900, all fluids and parts included, not too crazy but enough to question if I should since the car is around 180k. I am not sure what the life on transmissions is for the 4Runner but the last thing I want to do is have my TC replaced and then have the transmission go out, or even worse have damage done to it because of the TC breaking pieces into it. I was told that I could drive the car around till the TC died and no longer worked, then I would replace it. I am against that as I have read about the little pieces that can mess stuff up.

Last morning I pulled out of my drive way, shifted into drive and drove, next thing you know my car is not even going forward. Foot on the pedal, RPM's going up by not going anywhere. I move into 2nd and I start moving forward, move back to drive and kinda works. After about 5 minutes of rolling around the issue had seem to go away.

This morning same issue but I had to get to work so no time to warm up fully. Could this be a result of the TC going bad?

At this point I am thinking about getting rid of my 4Runner. I had the shocks, struts, bushings, tie rods, ball joints, rear springs done since I got it. The last thing I want is to fix the TC and have the transmission go out on me then I am really dead in the water, out both a car and money.

Any ideas?