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What does it mean when an auto tranny is stuck in third?

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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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What does it mean when an auto tranny is stuck in third?

Like the title says... ??? I'm not a big tranny guy... need a little help here.


No, not mine, but thanks for asking
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 11:23 PM
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Does it go into park ,or reverse too, or is it only in 3rd all the time.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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Is the little motor illuminated on the dash?
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 09:00 AM
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My 03 wouldn't shift into overdrive. I disconnected the 3 plugs on the PCM (located on the passenger side firewall) loose and sprayed them with electrical contact cleaner. Repacked them and it shifted into overdrive. No more problems.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 09:02 AM
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Need a little more info.

Does it manually downshift?

Still moving forward in reverse or just in Drive?
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 10:04 AM
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When they put it in drive, it starts off in third.

I'll try to get some more info...
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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what kinda truck mad?

stuck in limp mode. they will start off in a higher gear to still be able to move and get ya home or to the shop.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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It's an 04. I asked them to pull codes, but I have not heard back yet.

http://www.duramaxforum.com/forum/di...mins-help.html

These d-max guys are not too bad. I'm on there for my XO, and they welcomed me pretty good. One dude has taken a poke at me, but I poked back...
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 10:36 AM
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That's what my 01 did when the gov pressure sensor went out. Replaced it and all was fine. Don't know if it would be the same on the 04 or not.
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 02:18 PM
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Mine would do that(limp mode) when the gear selector sensor was contaminated with trans fluid. Sometimes it would throw a code, sometimes not, but I would clear it with Smarty, codes or not, and it would be back to normal.
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