SO we purchased the 2005 N*AWD Feb 09 and it stayed in the garage (except for the odd drive to ensure it didn't forget what it was supposed to do) it had 55K miles and started it;s daily use 3 months later. Had an issue in july with the torque converter and it was replaced. However there was issues in getting one so we ended up driving the truck for about 1800 miles on the bad converter. when they changed it Aug 7, 2009 we had them service the transmission since the TC work was being done . So last Saturday we were out for a shopping trip (short drive maybe 50 miles one way) and on the way home we had some stop and go driving and had the transmission hot idle engine come over the DIC, so we let it cool off and continued. Thought nothing off it just odd. So today we did the same trip today and guess what, same stop and go driving same DIC warning on the tranny temp.
No sport shifting just normal slow down rearly stop then speed up driving due to volume on the road.
Do you think that the 1800 miles we put on it with the bad torque converter(TC) is coming back to haunt us?
We were instructed that the BAD TC would not affect the health of the transmission. So we do have GMPP and pretty sure the repair will be covered but we purchased this unit because one of the things we were told was we would get easily 120K miles out of this vehicle. I don't doubt that but I guess we should have asked at what cost???
Are we being to critical thinking that replacing a TC and 3 months later looking at a transmission is to much? We like the truck but common what will be next.
Well it goes in to the dealer probably Tuesday for them to look at it and do the diagnostics. My diagnostics is sloppy shifting, vibration at about 1950 rpm, sport shifting not working correctly, the downshift when in drive is abrupt at times , shift from 2 to 3 is somewhat harsh not enough for whiplash. Please give me your insights.
