Jandamarra
New LVC Member
Hi guys, new here, from Australia. I have an 01 LS V8, and the tranny had been working fine no slipping. I had been driving a bit this arvo around town and also to note it's been raining on and off all day, so lots of water about. I pulled into a supermarket and parked the car, nothing unusual so far, but an hour or so later I got back in and started her up to my surprise I was not going anywhere.....
I have ruled out the linkages since if there was issues there I may loose drive but would still have reverse or vice versa, also it will roll in gear or neutral but when put in park the pawl brake will apply correctly and prevent rolling. So appears that's not the issue.
I have the trans with d5,d4 and the sst sport shift manual mode. My hours of research keep finding people with PCM issues, BUT they seen to be able to drive in manual mode, but no engagement in auto, so electrical... They even say if you rev it up in d5 then go to manual mode it won't work, you have to move past d5 without revving and then accelerate in manual mode. But I can't get any drive at all, no matter how I do it, even turned idle down as far as possible but still won't go in manual mode.
Now, the car IS overdue for a fluid and filter change, BUT it had drive when I parked, iIcould have kept driving hypothetically, it didn't break down whilst driving, I parked it and now it won't drive. what mechanical thing could fail between then and now? As it was switched off? Did something break as I was driving that allowed it to maintain fluid pressure until switch off but now it cannot build pressure enough to drive? Could there be something blocking or clogging my filter? No fluid has leaked out... Could it be something else electrical? Due to the rain?
So? Yeah any ideas? Hit me with em, thanks fellas.
I have ruled out the linkages since if there was issues there I may loose drive but would still have reverse or vice versa, also it will roll in gear or neutral but when put in park the pawl brake will apply correctly and prevent rolling. So appears that's not the issue.
I have the trans with d5,d4 and the sst sport shift manual mode. My hours of research keep finding people with PCM issues, BUT they seen to be able to drive in manual mode, but no engagement in auto, so electrical... They even say if you rev it up in d5 then go to manual mode it won't work, you have to move past d5 without revving and then accelerate in manual mode. But I can't get any drive at all, no matter how I do it, even turned idle down as far as possible but still won't go in manual mode.
Now, the car IS overdue for a fluid and filter change, BUT it had drive when I parked, iIcould have kept driving hypothetically, it didn't break down whilst driving, I parked it and now it won't drive. what mechanical thing could fail between then and now? As it was switched off? Did something break as I was driving that allowed it to maintain fluid pressure until switch off but now it cannot build pressure enough to drive? Could there be something blocking or clogging my filter? No fluid has leaked out... Could it be something else electrical? Due to the rain?
So? Yeah any ideas? Hit me with em, thanks fellas.