After a few hours of highway driving, I pulled into my driveway and went into the house for about an hour. I came out later and drove to the store, and as I was pulling away from a traffic signal, the shifting of gears (auto-trans) was very forceful, bucking the van, like it was having trouble shifting. The first dealership (paul brothers) tried to explain that the fluid level was low by 1 quart, so they filled it. The problem continued off and on until I finally took it into a different dealership (koons - manassas), and they found that the problem was a bad pressure control selenoid, which they replaced. My concern is that not only may I have lessened the life expectancy of the vehicle due to the misdiagnosis, I also am concerned about a possible problem on other silhouettes in the 15k-20k range of this happening to them as well. Possible recall issue for safety reasons.
1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette transmission complaints
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Automatic transmission malfunctions, causing a knocking noise everytime the occupant changes gears and may cause loss of vehicle control. Please provide further information.
Went up an incline and stopped, in the time it takes to move foot from brake to gas pedal, at the top of a hill, the vehicle begins to roll backwards when in drive gear. The vehicle stalled while in drive rolling backwards down the hill.
Transmission design does not prevent vehicle from rolling backward while in drive gear, resulting in vehicle stalling. Mjs
Automatic sliding door closed on its own. Also, automatic reverse mechanism did not work. Owner was pinned in door and injured when putting child in safety seat. The van is being looked over by dealership.
Vehicle will roll backwards without stopping when in drive on a upward incline. The tourque converter does not stop the car from rolling back. This is very dangerous in traffic. The dealer and manufacturer stated that this is normal and cannot be repaired. I do not agree with this. A van should not roll back 20 feet while transmission is in drive.
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