Wifes car started acting up about 2 months ago. It has been parked awaiting parts this whole time.
When driving down the road and the car shifting into OD the engine would buck really hard. Eventually it started doing it on decel through all of the gears. (Now (after the motor mounts) sometimes on takoff it is still in OD instead of downshifting) My first thought was engine mounts. I finally got the money for them and put them in tonight. Took the car back out and drove it prolly about 20 miles and it started again.
Got it home and rechecked the trans fluid and it was really thin and dark colored (smelled a little burnt too) so I drained the trans. There was a magnet inside but it didn't have a whole lot of gunk on it, just a light film.
So the question is this:
Should it be ok and it was just due for a change or is the tranny going out and the clutch packs are burnt up?
Remember, it drives fine till it warms up and the car has 1116K and some change on it with the original filter/ fluid (probably anyway)