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2001 Camry transmission slippage only 87000 km

  

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Hello,

 

I’ve recently acquired a 2001 Camry with the 5sfe engine and auto transmission.  This car has 87,140 original km.  There is no indication by the general wear on the car that the mileage is not accurate (interior shows normal wear, suspension is tight, drives firm, etc).  Recently I did a transmission filter and fluid change and now the transmission is slipping.  It shifts fine into reverse and drive and only starts to slip under light acceleration.  I have rechecked the fluid level several times and have only driven it twice about 2 miles each time at no more than 35 mph on a side road.  

Since I only put a few miles on the car before doing a complete service after I acquired it, I had no indication of any pre existing conditions and it drove as per expected during those initial test miles (up to freeway speed and operating temperature).  No codes showing up on the scanner.  The fluid as I recalled was still showing some redness which would be consistent with the mileage.  I will say given the mileage the car has obviously sat most of its life and likely has a good percentage of city miles (for what that’s worth in a city of 200,000 people and takes 15 mins even in traffic to drive around).  I do not have an extensive history as it was bought from an insurance company with moderate rear end damage (still drivable) and they froze any history documentation during claims process- my inspection prior to purchase found nothing out of the ordinary, nor has my time during the rebuild since.  

During the course of the rebuild I did not cut one wire as I know the neutral safety switch is tied into the tail light wiring, and was simply removed and then replaced.  Any suggestions are gratefully appreciated.  


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" starts to slip under light acceleration " . What does it do when you accelerate harder? If it slips more vs less, that's an important indicator. You should probably have the car hooked up to a fairly high level scanner to get a definitive diagnosis.

Note that sometimes, it's now how many miles a car is driven, but HOW it was driven. I've seen teenagers destroy auto transmissions in a couple months.


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One of things to do is to check the fluid level, carefully. (Did you did the service or did a third party do it?) Reading a transmission dipstick can be tricky. See here, with pictures, as how mistakes can be easily made. 

http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/89


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