1994 taurus 3.0 ax4ns issues

[MrE_Powers]

my wife said her car was starting to move like a dog the last week but once it built up speed it was fine. so i am like wtf what in the hell are you talking about. I test drive it and discover it starts out in 2nd gear. so i drive it probably 1/8th of a mile and back home and find that when i put it in all the way over to first i get it to feel right and 1st works so i think the tranny its self is ok.

no cel light, but i pull the codes any way and only get vacuum leak codes

. i dont hardly drive the damn thing so i dont know how it acts. i guess what i am asking is what should be my next step in figuring out what is wrong.

codes i am looking at are 22. 64. 56. 46. 76. 48. none of them should cause the 1st gear to not work at all unless i manually put it in first?

i have a guy saying @ tcca to fix the maf codes and it will fix it. i am calling bs.

 

[EMB1230]

Is it a ax4s or ax4n? I know with the 96+ ones that the Transmission Range Sensor was a common failing item, not sure about 95 and older though. This may sound weird but does the radio sound, power steering or power windows not work when in Reverse? A failing VSS could also make it shift funky.

 

[MrE_Powers]

nah the only thing it is doing is making the transmission selector be all the way in 1st to use that gear. also it is possible the code are not 2 digit but three digit

22. 645. 646. 647. 648 and those are trans codes the nearest i can tell. but since it can move under all gears regardless where the gear indicator is i am 95% certain i do not need to pull the tranny.

i also wanna drive my ranger and not my wife.

 

[Psychopete]

It will output 3 digit codes. I would recommend doing the self tests again with this in mind.

 

[MrE_Powers]

bottom of tranny pan says ax4n and sho got the
22. 645. 646. 647. 648 same codes agian

 

[MrE_Powers]

ran the car today looked at the transmission fluid before i started it up real high like it is supposed to. then i looked at after it idled for 5 minutes and it is in the range it should be in.

 

[Psychopete]

I've had 3 EEC-IV systems that I can think of that output 3 digit codes and I can't recall it ever pulling a code 22 or any 2 digit code. Seems strange.

 

[MrE_Powers]

transmission shop said he got the same 645-648 codes and a tps code. said the trans was slipping. i didnt feel it slipping yesterday when i drove it a mile. it just didnt have first gear. if i can get this confirmed then i will part it out. then get a crown vic,or a marquis. scratch that on my way home i felt it slipping just a bit..... looks like i may part it out and have a spare engine for my truck grrrrrrrrrrrr.