Have a tranny problem. My wife was driving our 1996 960 today and suddenly the car lost speed and then could no longer accelerate. Definite shifting problems. She was close to home and eventually made it to the driveway in '3' instead of 'D'. I have not driven the car myself (kind of late now and don't want to get stuck elsewhere). The description I got from my wife clearly points to the transmission. I did notice on one occasion while trying to accelerate hard on an uphill grade that the transmission was hunting gears and the car was not making good headway.

I thought I'd check the transmission fluid so went to the owners manual and > low and behold (!) there's very little in there about the transmission and no suggestion at all about how to check the level. It does mention a capacity of 7.5 litres.

2 questions - How can I check the fluid level and top off if necessary?
How likely is it that this is a really *bad* problem about to require R&R of the transmission?

Many thanks!

longhorizon
'67 Duett (and a more troublesome 960).