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Old 08-17-2015, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by DieselDood View Post
Strange thing I forgot to mention is that if I leave the car parked for couple of days outside as I did, I was able to start it and drive into my garage just now with now problems. This has happened couple of times where I had left it for couple of days and started it up and drove around for couple of mins and the car behaved like - what transmission problem!. But after a few mins it was back to its old self again.

I checked the rocking back and forth with car parked on my garage floor and the car was normal. ie it did not go forward too much and back too much. I am dreading the next steps outlined by SL320 but I will see if I can crawl underneath.
I would definitely find a way to check the transmission fluid level. By the car sitting, there is no way that a mechanical issue will right itself even for a few minutes. If you are low on fluid, what may be happening is that by sitting for a few days, what fluid there is collects and then for the first few minutes, the car drives o.k. but with the lack of proper fluid, it starts to fail.
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