‘When I Says Woe, I Means Daewoo’
A 1999 Daewoo Leganza with a 50-40LE transmission came into the shop with the driver complaining that the vehicle had no power. It was immediately discovered that the transmission was in a fourth-gear limp mode. The next step was to retrieve codes. The aftermarket scan tool the shop owns does not offer a specific Daewoo cartridge, so only generic OBD-II was available to them. And as you probably guessed, the scan tool reported that no codes were present.
December 2004 Issue
Issue Summary:
Before and/or after overhaul, 1995-2002 vehicles with 4R44E/55E or 5R44E/55E transmissions may exhibit soft or flared shifts, multiple gear-ratio-error codes or solenoid performance codes.
Some vehicles with 4R44E/4R55E/5R55E transmissions may exhibit delayed engagement in reverse and no engine braking in manual low.
Ford or Mazda vehicles with 4F27E or FN4A-EL transaxles may exhibit DTC P0741, torque-converter clutch stuck off, before or after overhaul.
Ford or Mazda vehicles with 4F27E or FN4A-EL transaxles may exhibit delayed forward engagement or premature forward-clutch failure.
Before or after overhaul, Ford vehicles with the 4F27E transaxle may exhibit failure due to lack of lubrication.
Tools That Money Can’t Buy and They Pay You to Use
This article addresses special tools relating to 5R55E and 5R55W/S transmissions. If you have worked on these units, you’ve already discovered how difficult it is to isolate slip codes and TCC problems. These tools are specific to the 5R units, but you can use your design creativity, a cut-off tool and a drill to make test fixtures from other parts as well.
A Guide to the NV 246 Transfer Case
This transfer case is one of the so-called “automatic transfer cases,” or “active transfer cases.” This description results from the fact that the 246 has an “automatic 4WD function,” a 2WD position, a 4WD High function, neutral and 4WD Low position. Driving the vehicle in 2WD has all torque flowing through the transfer case to the rear driveshaft, and the vehicle operates just like a 2WD vehicle.
VW Controller Concerns
A 1999 VW Passat came to our shop. The customer said the car did not feel right sometimes. He left the vehicle for us to check out. Upon going on a road test, we noticed the Check Engine light on, wrong-gear starts and gear-shift indicator lights not functioning properly.
The Best of Intentions
How many of you have said, “Yeah, I’ve got to get out and do some outside sales”? You generally tend to say that when business is slow. You may have every intention of actually doing it, but then life gets in the way. The shop gets busy again, the manager doesn’t come in or a technician quits. Any one of these or 62 other possible problems will keep you from doing outside sales. In fact, pretty much any excuse you can think of will keep you from getting out there, because in most cases if you were being honest, you just don’t want to.
