Chrysler Repair: slow to shift, chrysler sebring, internal pressures


Question
QUESTION: 98 chrysler sebring 6 cyl.I'm just giving up.l have fix one transmission problem (I think I have ) The problem I have now is slow shifting what. I mean is it will revv up real high before it shift.From a stand still you really need press on the accelerator untill the gear engage.  After all this happens the car runs find. I don’t have a check engine light or codes. Your time and expertise is appreciate

ANSWER: Hi Elias,
Because this is an electronic transaxle I would be very surprised if there were not a fault code of some sort. Have you done a readout via a plug-in code reader? Without a code the only things that come to my mind are fluid level and internal pressures not being in the correct range. You can check the fluid, and a shop can check the various pressures via ports for that purpose which are part of the transmission. If may be a faulty/weak fluid pump for example. But go to an Autozone or similar nationwide parts store and get a free readout if you haven't done that already.
Roland

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QUESTION: A history on this car About a year ago the tranny was rebuilt.The problem was it would stay in 1st gear or some days you would start it up and work fine till you come to the first stop it would then it stay in 1st gear even if you would go through the gear manually. I took car to several tranny repair shops all told me the same thing it needed to be rebuilt .I had it rebuilt one day later after out of shop doing the same thing took back. They could not figure. it out send it to a auto electrical shop. There results were there was a short in the wire harness.  So it was replace. Took out of shop and above problem resolve. Now get current problem.  Took back to shop they could not resolve it.Since then several other shops and they have not been able to resovle. Should I just junk the car or keep looking maybe i'll fine a solution.  But I have no codes

Answer
Hi Elias,
I am unable to come up with any symptom-based diagnosis because these electronic transaxles are all 'keyed' to their being a recognizable fault seen by the controller and coded into the memory. It sounds like the unit, when it won't shift at all, is actually in 2nd gear and that is called 'limp-in mode'. It accomplishes that condition by opening the transmission relay and that is a way of minimizing damage until the issue is resolved. But I have no symptom-based trouble-shoot tables for these transmissions. The non-electronic transaxles have such tables, but not the etax. Are you absolutely certain you have a no code readout? How do you know that?
Roland