HEY EVERYBODY, CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT TO DO? I HAVE A 95 GXE AUTOMATIC, AND A 98 ENGINE. WELL, THE ENGINE STARTED ROCKING EVERY TIME I SHIFTED TO EITHER REVERSE OR DRIVE, AND IT MOVES LIKE CRAZY. THEY TOLD ME IT'S THE MOUNTS, WELL, I CHANGED 3 OUT OF 4. IM ONLY MISSING THE RIGHT TOP. BUT STILL, TO GET TO 30MPH IT HAS TO GO UP TO 4000 REVOLUTIONS, AND THEN JUMP OR SOMETHING THAT IT HITS MY HEAD AND IT FEELS LIKE IF IM GETTING THROWN OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE ITS A BIG HIT, AND AFTER IS THAT IT CAN GO PAST 30. THEN, TO GET PAST 50, IT HAS TO DO THE SAME THING. REACH 4000 REVOLUTIONS AND DOES THE HIT, BUT LESS INTENSE. WELL, I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE MOUNT, BUT NOW IM ONLY MISSING ONE TO BE CHANGED, AND IT STILL DOES THAT UGLY HIT, SO I WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT IT MIGHT BE THE TRANSMISSION. BUT I THINK, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING LIKE THAT FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS, IF IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, IT WOULD'VE BEEN MESSED UP BY NOW, SO I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS. I KEEP TAKING THE CAR TO DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THEY ALL TELL ME DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THE DEALER IS TOO EXPENSIVE. I WAS EVEN TOLD IT WAS ONLY A SPRING IN THE TRANNY. BUT EVEN TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE IS HARD BECAUSE IT KINDA GETS STUCK, SO I HAVE TO DO IT HARD. HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE? CAN I PLEASE GET HELP? I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANX

MAXIMA GIRL

MAXIMA ROCK!!!!!

 

This is the exact problem I'm having. I'm saving up for a tranny rebuild soon because I expect dooms day approching.

 

Was That The Only Solution U Found? A New Tranny?

 

Now that you describe the problem in more detail it sounds like your tranny got messed up from the bad mounts.

 

But It Still Wont Go Away Even Tho I Change All The Mounts?

 

If so, I'd be going back to the people who installed them.

 

No im saying from the engine movement it could have damaged the tranny when she had bad mounts.

 

Well, How Can I Fix It, A New Tranny? I Cant Take It To The Ppl That Installed Da New Tranny Cuz I Bought Da Car Like That? Any Solutions?

 

To check if the motor mounts are bad get in your car. Have someone up front open the hood. Then put your car in drive. Hold the brake with your left foot and press the gas with your right so your car doesnt move, it only revs up and if the engine rocks back and forth alot then you have bad motor mounts.

 

You See, My Brother And My Boyfriend Installed The 3 New Mounts, But The Engine Keeps Rocking. The New Engine Was Installed Before I Bought The Car. I Already Changed The Tranny Mount, So Why It's Still Messed Up? Do I Need A New Tranny? Any1 With Dat Problem B4?

 

Hmm...sounds like you need a new CAR.

Thank you, thank you!

 

So, Should I Change My Tranny? If Anyone Has Have This Problem Before, Can U Tell Me If U Changed It Or What U Did With It? I Dont Think Thats It Cuz, Again, I Have Been Driving With That Problem For 4 Months, And By Now The Tranny Would Have Broken On Me.

 

I'm having same prob but i kno its not my mounts because it doesn't do this stuff when its warmed up

 

Well now that you got new mounts, try to change the tranny fluid and filter. When we checked it the color was redish pink, and looked fairly clean, but you never know if the previous owner just drained the fluid and never changed the filter.

 

Sounds like a fried tranny waiting to happen.. Take it to a tranny shop o_o to get a diagnostics but dont let them work on ur car!

 

Definately sounds like the tranny is slipping and when it finally grabs that is the sudden jerk you are feeling.

 

and please stop talking in caps lock! its getting on my nerves, and like everyone is saying ,it sounds like your tranny is about to go out. do i see a 5spd conversion?!?! ooo...ahhh...lol

 

All u need is 1 jack 2 jack stands and auto tranny from www.car-parts.com and you can replace the tranny in about 4 hours

 

that'd work

 

how hard and expensive is the conversion? i might consider it cuz i kinda want stickshift now.

 

I'd say about $1300 in parts, plus another $600 or so for labor?

 

With only one mount left and not much improvement, sounds like the tranny. Especially if you're almost hitting your head when it shifts!!

 

why do you say this? I'm having a diagnostics this weekend

 

say what about what? The fried tranny because of the bad mounts, or the dont let the tranny shop work on it?

Ah, i've read too many horror stories about people getting ****ed over because they leave there car and come back to a 2K bill and cant do anything about it.

 

Oh okay.. gotcha. I'll make sure to keep aware of whats going on =)