AW4 or Acceleration Anomoly

[cshontz]

I was driving home last night - drove about 45 minutes in heavy rain. At a stop sign, I came to a complete stop (obviously), and then started to go again, but the Cherokee was VERY sluggish.

I stopped again, and tried to go, and it did the same thing. I'm 90% sure that the AW4 was bypassing 1st and 2nd, and starting in 3rd or OD.

I pulled over, and poked my head under the Jeep in the off chance that there was some visible sign of tranny failure. No dice. I got back in the Jeep, shifted into a few different gears, and then everything seemed to be A-OK.

That was the first and last time I experienced the anomoly. I checked fluid only a week before, and everything seemed copasetic.

Weird.

At this point, I'm wondering if I imagined it. Anyone have any idea what could be going down? (96 XJ 4.0L, AW4, 103k)

 

[CheapXJ]

in all reality, you prolly got some water inside the NSS and it just confused the TCU for a little bit.

the whole non-shifting thing is a sort of "limp home" type operating mode.

See if it does it again in wet weather. I could have just been a fluke