Hello, I just purchased a 2000 ChryslerTown&Country with a 3.3 engine. The transmission was just rebuilt about 3000 miles ago. I only have 1st gear, no reverse. When it "shifts" to 2nd it's like it goes into neutral. Sometimes I can put it in neutral and back into drive and I'll have 1st gear again, sometimes nothing! No gears at all!!! If that happens I can shut off the engine and restart the van and I'll have 1st gear again-every time. I also tried revving the engine in reverse to see if it would engage at all and it wouldn't, but the engine would kinda bog down and misfire whenever I did it(and it doesn't do that in neutral!) Like I said, recently rebuilt so the fluid is pristine still. Can somebody give me an Idea as to what may have went out? Thank you very much!!!

 

Sounds like low fluid level. Is there definitely enough fluid in it?

 

Yup, fluid levels fine

 

Do you happen to know if the Trans oil cooler was flushed when they rebuilt the transmission?

If not it could be filled with debris from the previous transmission failure......If you are lucky it might just be blocked, if not debris could have got back into the new transmission and junked it.

 

take it back to who ever rebuilt it and have them look at it

 

I don't know if the cooler was flushed or not. I bought it with a bad trans and the guy I bought it from bought it with a fresh rebuild. He took it back to the shop with papers in hand and they told him they wouldn't honor the warranty because of change of ownership of the van. I guess it was in the fine print somewhere.