delaw4u: Tanx Dr
My car is 03 vw passat
1.8T
Auto tranny
Issue
The car vibrate when I put the gear to driver and reverse others none
2 its consume more fuel than it should be
Possible solution
Please Dr help I just aquired the car from us nothing has been done on it

car-doctor:
YOU can get Golf ATF from any of your local car parts store but I don't know where you are. We are in Abuja though and its quite readily available here. Best equivalent is Dexron 3 from a good manufacturer like Mobil or Oando.

Use Abro or Holt for your power steering.

Car-Doctor.

Good thread you've got going here.

Just so you know though - the ZF5HP19-A in the '03 Volkswagen Passat won't tolerate the regular red ATF! That will destroy the transmission. The power steering too won't run with any fluid other than VW G002 or CHF11S. If regular ATF is used, the seals in the PAS rack and pump will expand, and leak.

Automatic gearbox issues have become a reoccuring decimal to any automatic car owner. Slow take off, sluggish acceleration, lack of kick down, loss of drive while in motion, lack of gear change, aggressive gear changes, high engine revs without power in drive just to name a few.

car-doctor:
Automatic gearbox issues have become a reoccuring decimal to any automatic car owner. Slow take off, sluggish acceleration, lack of kick down, loss of drive while in motion, lack of gear change, aggressive gear changes, high engine revs without power in drive just to name a few.

From my observation and the complaints made by some of our customers, these problems usually start from a gearbox oil change that was recommended by the mechanic who then uses the wrong type of ATF oil for the transmission.

Most car manufacturers develop their own ATF formular for their cars.

Honda recommends their own formular ATF-z1 for their gearboxes manufactured between 1998 to 2009 and upgraded to the ATF-Dw1 for gearboxes manufactured from 2010 upwards.

Toyota uses the Type 4 ATF for their cars manufactured between1996 to 2007 and the Toyota WS ATF for ones manufactured between 2007 to present.

Most other car manufactures have also upgraded the type of ATF for their modern cars.

Using the wrong grade of ATF would almost certainly result in a failing transmission. Low grade ATF may not be able to handle the high temperature operations operations of a gearbox. Under very high temperatures, low grade oil loses its fluidity and may begin to boil causing loss of hydraulic functions by frothing or foaming.

Some remedies I have seen used by local mechanics is to further add engine oil to the gearbox in order to thicken the viscosity of the ATF. This in turn puts the pump under great stress as the thicker oil would require more effort from the pump in distributing the oil under high pressure as well as the oil filter which is usually embedded within the transmission gear train. (The removal and changing of all Honda transmission oil filter would require the removal of the gear box from the car and stripping down the gearbox)

The resulting consequence would be an imminent and extreme overheating of the transmission and components such as the friction plates and a rapid degradation of the wet clutch fibres hence the loss of drive, slipping clutch and rough gear changes.

Replacing the gearbox or a total overhaul by an expert would be the likely solution but before then, an inexperienced mechanic would Send you on a wild goose chase by suggesting the removal and servicing or outright replacement of shift solenoids on the outer casing of the gearbox. These solutions Don't last as its just a temporal remedy to a terminal issue.

We constantly repair these gearboxes and those of other makes to a very high standard with 99.9% success rate and we recommend that if you are having serious issues with your automatic gearbox, ensure that the appropriate procedures are followed.



Car-Doctor.

Siena:

Good thread you've got going here.

Just so you know though - the ZF5HP19-A in the '03 Volkswagen Passat won't tolerate the regular red ATF! That will destroy the transmission. The power steering too won't run with any fluid other than VW G002 or CHF11S. If regular ATF is used, the seals in the PAS rack and pump will expand, and leak.

dan_dollar: Recently,My D light on d
dashboard sometimes
doesn't come on immidiately
when I shift from P to D.
Sumtimes, I have to touch the gear stick or shift it
out of D and back
before it comes on.
Its a 2007 honda
accord.what could be the problem?

delaw4u: Car doct am waiting,
Please I have not seen your reply 000
My vw passat 03
Auto tranny,1.8t
Issue
When I put the gear to D or R and I press the brake the car vibrate if my foot off the pedal brake it doesn't,if its on P or N it does not vibrate also
Please what to check on the car

kaykad: PLS HOW DO U KNOW IF YOUR HONDA ACCORD BABY BOY AUTO TRANMISISON IS ABOUT TO GIV me PROBLEM. JUST BOUGHT accord 99 model RESENTLY AND THE D4 LIGHT IS NO MORE SHOWING after D mechanic top the oil WITH ABRO OIL and now the D4 light is not showing again>>PLS WAT DO U DO NEXT.PLS I NEED YOUR HELP VERY URGENT.

kaykad: I HAVE DRAINED OUT THE AMBRO ATF AND WHEN TO OANDO AND BOUGHT A DEXTRONIII ATF AND REFILLED.but the D4 light is still not showing. please help

ade1234: Thanks for all the enlightenment on gear problem, i really appreciate it. Welldone Doc.

Please, help me out on this, my nissan pathfinder 2001/2002 usually shows ''ATF temp'' light on the cluster after i have driven for about an hour on the highway. what do you advise.

thanks

tolugar: hi Car doctor. i want to you to help me chose between
toyota camry 2001 and 2002 camry (big for nothing) not considering price
and also this issue of automatict and manual, which is better. i drive both
very well.