Hey good people,
I was at the drag strip the other day and had something happen that I've not yet experienced. The first run of the day, I went to do the burnout and the transmission almost immediately disengaged and left me without any gears. After turning the car off and re-starting, it was fine, so I went for a another shot at it and the same thing happened. It ran down the track fine, but with the engine light on. I tried a couple of passes without a burnout but my launches just weren't great so I gave it one more try at the burnout and sure enough, same thing. After that I packed it up and took it to a transmission shop. At the shop they were able to pull the code (InTune wouldn't read the code). They also dropped the pan and changed the filter and fluid, both of which looked good.
Any ideas on what might be causing this? I have shift points at stock, and I've done burnouts with the current tune without any problem. Am I looking at a failing sensor of some sort (speed sensor maybe?) or am I looking at something starting to give in the transmission? Any advice on what to look for first would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
It's an '08 Charger R/T, by the way. I don't remember if my sig says that or not.
I was at the drag strip the other day and had something happen that I've not yet experienced. The first run of the day, I went to do the burnout and the transmission almost immediately disengaged and left me without any gears. After turning the car off and re-starting, it was fine, so I went for a another shot at it and the same thing happened. It ran down the track fine, but with the engine light on. I tried a couple of passes without a burnout but my launches just weren't great so I gave it one more try at the burnout and sure enough, same thing. After that I packed it up and took it to a transmission shop. At the shop they were able to pull the code (InTune wouldn't read the code). They also dropped the pan and changed the filter and fluid, both of which looked good.
Any ideas on what might be causing this? I have shift points at stock, and I've done burnouts with the current tune without any problem. Am I looking at a failing sensor of some sort (speed sensor maybe?) or am I looking at something starting to give in the transmission? Any advice on what to look for first would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
It's an '08 Charger R/T, by the way. I don't remember if my sig says that or not.