Just Purchased-'01 XJ8 with Odd Transmission Issue
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Everyone,
My father-in-law just purchased a '01 XJ8 with around 96K miles on the clock, he got a heck of a good deal on it! It's a one owner car and had sat for a while with a "transmission problem". He stuck a new battery in it and fired right up, stuck it in reverse and started to line up with a low boy trailer.
He said that he had it in 2nd or 3rd, had the majority of the car on the trailer and then gave it some gas then it stalled. He put it back into park, shut off the ignition, cranked it back up and everything was ok. He's able to back it out of the garage and move it around, he's cautious since it has been sitting for a bit; the CEL isn't on and not sure of any error message present, sound like anything to be concerned about? I planned on a trans fluid change, could there be any solenoid issues?
Thanks!
Andrew
My father-in-law just purchased a '01 XJ8 with around 96K miles on the clock, he got a heck of a good deal on it! It's a one owner car and had sat for a while with a "transmission problem". He stuck a new battery in it and fired right up, stuck it in reverse and started to line up with a low boy trailer.
He said that he had it in 2nd or 3rd, had the majority of the car on the trailer and then gave it some gas then it stalled. He put it back into park, shut off the ignition, cranked it back up and everything was ok. He's able to back it out of the garage and move it around, he's cautious since it has been sitting for a bit; the CEL isn't on and not sure of any error message present, sound like anything to be concerned about? I planned on a trans fluid change, could there be any solenoid issues?
Thanks!
Andrew
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Everyone,
My father-in-law just purchased a '01 XJ8 with around 96K miles on the clock, he got a heck of a good deal on it! It's a one owner car and had sat for a while with a "transmission problem". He stuck a new battery in it and fired right up, stuck it in reverse and started to line up with a low boy trailer.
He said that he had it in 2nd or 3rd, had the majority of the car on the trailer and then gave it some gas then it stalled. He put it back into park, shut off the ignition, cranked it back up and everything was ok. He's able to back it out of the garage and move it around, he's cautious since it has been sitting for a bit; the CEL isn't on and not sure of any error message present, sound like anything to be concerned about? I planned on a trans fluid change, could there be any solenoid issues?
Thanks!
Andrew
My father-in-law just purchased a '01 XJ8 with around 96K miles on the clock, he got a heck of a good deal on it! It's a one owner car and had sat for a while with a "transmission problem". He stuck a new battery in it and fired right up, stuck it in reverse and started to line up with a low boy trailer.
He said that he had it in 2nd or 3rd, had the majority of the car on the trailer and then gave it some gas then it stalled. He put it back into park, shut off the ignition, cranked it back up and everything was ok. He's able to back it out of the garage and move it around, he's cautious since it has been sitting for a bit; the CEL isn't on and not sure of any error message present, sound like anything to be concerned about? I planned on a trans fluid change, could there be any solenoid issues?
Thanks!
Andrew
I'd get a proper scanner and pull the codes from all the modules. The CEL is usually on for any components which are emission related.
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