The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

90 740 auto not shifting into fouth 700 1990

posted by  Poritz on  Wed Nov 9 12:24 CST 2005
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

I drive a 1990 744 with automatic transmission with almost 170k. On sunday 11/6/05 my car stopped shifting into fourth gear. The car will get to around 40 mph and 2500rpm and will not shift any further.

For a very long time I have had a problem with the fourth gear lock-out light (the small orange arrow the points forward) going on and off on its own, but it never affected the transmission. From the way it behaved it just seemed the there may have been a slight short in what ever system controls that dash light. I do not believe there is any correlation, however, I felt it worth mentioning for the record because instead of being on sometimes it is on all of the time. Pressing the button on the side of the gear selector handle has no effect.

I plan to replace the transmission fluid and filter tonight and will report back my findings. Any comments or suggestions?

-Poritz






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.