@2late4u,
I'm afraid that wasn't normal behavior. Now that the problem has evolved, I realized that some things weren't so common either.... I rarely lost performance either.
But I just got back from my honeymoon, and where I went (Mountains of São José dos Campos approximately), I used the "engine brake" a lot. the first time I needed to go down hills, I noticed that the transmission came out of "manual selector" mode and stuck in "D" after traveling approximately 5 km. So far so good... I arrived at my destination, turned off the car and the next day everything was back to normal.
On the penultimate day, I went hiking and had to go around the mountain. I got on it and when I returned, returning along the same path as before, the gearshift stuck again in "D" even though it was in the manual selector.
When I got to the bottom, I noticed that the car lost performance drastically, but this time the injection light came on, accusing the failure (P0765 - UD Solenoid Circuit), of the ECU module [Engine Control (Module Gasoline)]. Searching a little more, the description is (Shift Solenoid "D").
In this condition, the exchange was giving strong bumps when migrated between "R" and "D", and does not accept the position of the manual selector.
As I was 170KM from home (Approximately 105 Miles), the tow truck would cost me a lot, mainly because I was in a mountainous region and Journey was extremely heavy.
What I did was clear the error code via OBD and restart the car. In this way, the exchange returned to normal. During the trip this happened about 3 times and in this condition I confirmed that by clearing the code via OBD only with the key in the ignition position without turning the car on, and after turning it on again, the car returned to normal.
When I manage to normalize the exchange, if I put it in the manual selection position, the exchange locks again. Sometimes it turns on the injection light and sometimes it takes time to start. I notice when I lose powers and performance, in the exchange.
With OBD, I was able to observe and monitor that the transmission always locks in 3rd Gear. Now I always walk with the OBD connected and I always show it to monitor the gear. When it locks in 3rd, I turn the car off, put it in the ignition position, clear the fault code, turn the ignition off and start the car again.
When I took the "trick" on the road, there was still approximately 130KM (80 Miles) to go. I noticed that if I didn't demand too much between 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and developed the car up to 5th and 6th Gear, it worked well and I didn't have any more problems. I was able to get home, thank God!!!
But after that I walked around here in the neighborhood and he started having problems again, I redid the trick I learned and everything went back to normal.
Everything I researched says I need to replace the entire solenoid box. But does it really make sense if, when I reset the fault code and restart the car, it's perfect? Even the bumps are over until the failure returns.
I have also been researching that this problem only happens due to the lack of changing the transmission oil, but I noticed that mine is very new, very pink.
Another thing I researched is that everyone who ends up having a problem with the shifter has the exact same complaints just before the shifter breaks. The Cambio loses performance sometimes and sometimes has bumps. And the workshop diagnosis after the gearbox breaks, is that the gearbox locks in 3rd gear and the problem is the solenoids. After the repair, all the observations and reports I found after the repair say that the transmission continues to jerk periodically.
That is, do we really have a problem with the solenoid body or is there another issue behind it? Can anyone give me a light?
I found a remap company that promises to get rid of bumps with a shifter remap. Automatically improves transmission performance and even improves consumption.
All this leads me to believe that I may have more of a map problem or a "logical" problem than a "physical" problem.
Hello my dears!
I am a new and happy owner of a Dodge Journey SXT 2.7 AT6 2010.
It has 50,300 miles on it, the previous owners don't seem to have taken very good care of the mechanics but the interior is doing great!
I've had it for less than 15 days and I've already spent R$5,000.00 on front suspension maintenance.
I still need to remove the leakage from the valve covers, replace spark plugs, filters and fluids. But I'm focusing on the critical end, the rear still needs a lot of attention and new tires!
Here everything is very expensive, what I spent is equivalent to almost 5 salaries. Still not counting the difficulty of finding reliable parts.
I have many doubts and soon I intend to share the main ones, I hope to be able to acquire and share a lot of information with you!!!
I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year!!!
welcome to the group. sounds like you have done a bunch of work on a low mileage car, if the mileage is correct? anyways we are always welcome to help out if we can
Hello my dears!
I am a new and happy owner of a Dodge Journey SXT 2.7 AT6 2010.
It has 50,300 miles on it, the previous owners don't seem to have taken very good care of the mechanics but the interior is doing great!
I've had it for less than 15 days and I've already spent R$5,000.00 on front suspension maintenance.
I still need to remove the leakage from the valve covers, replace spark plugs, filters and fluids. But I'm focusing on the critical end, the rear still needs a lot of attention and new tires!
Here everything is very expensive, what I spent is equivalent to almost 5 salaries. Still not counting the difficulty of finding reliable parts.
I have many doubts and soon I intend to share the main ones, I hope to be able to acquire and share a lot of information with you!!!
I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year!!!
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