My brother was able to save up enough money on his own while working in highschool to purchase a clean 95 4wd, 12X,XXX miles. He has probably put less than 2k on it and has ran into a problem.
The car's transmission seems to respond in a delayed manner. The car will rev to 1500+ at a stop before it will finally engage 1st gear. If he keeps the car rolling slightly at the stop light, this does not occur. The first time this occured, he slammed on his brakes as another car cut him off. When going back on the gas the car just revved instead of going into gear for a few seconds, then drove in a normal fashion. Now this happens sporadically. As far as I know, there is no other issues like rough shifting between any of the other gears, noises, etc.
I do my own work on all my bikes, honda(s), nissan, lexus, etc., but have never owned a 4wd and the Lexus is actually my 1st automatic as well.
I made sure he properly greases the places the manual recommends, but otherwise don't know where to turn. He took it to a shop for a free inspection, but I wouldn't be the least surprised if they had made their minds up that it was the transmission before he even dropped it off.
This is the percise reason I avoid automatics and their ticking time bomb characteristics, but could this be caused by the Torque Converter or something else? With the 50k+ members here, there has to be a few thousand people that have experienced the same problem. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
[I'll ask him about fluids, but I seriously doubt it's that simple]
The car's transmission seems to respond in a delayed manner. The car will rev to 1500+ at a stop before it will finally engage 1st gear. If he keeps the car rolling slightly at the stop light, this does not occur. The first time this occured, he slammed on his brakes as another car cut him off. When going back on the gas the car just revved instead of going into gear for a few seconds, then drove in a normal fashion. Now this happens sporadically. As far as I know, there is no other issues like rough shifting between any of the other gears, noises, etc.
I do my own work on all my bikes, honda(s), nissan, lexus, etc., but have never owned a 4wd and the Lexus is actually my 1st automatic as well.
I made sure he properly greases the places the manual recommends, but otherwise don't know where to turn. He took it to a shop for a free inspection, but I wouldn't be the least surprised if they had made their minds up that it was the transmission before he even dropped it off.
This is the percise reason I avoid automatics and their ticking time bomb characteristics, but could this be caused by the Torque Converter or something else? With the 50k+ members here, there has to be a few thousand people that have experienced the same problem. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
[I'll ask him about fluids, but I seriously doubt it's that simple]
