My 95 Jeep cherokee has for the past week been giving me problems when I am shifting it. This is off and on. I've stalled twice, once last Friday in the middle of the street. A policeman pulled behind me and insisted I get a tow to my mechanic, even though it was driveable.
I tend to have problems during the downshift, it gets stuck between gears it seems and eventually will slip into gear, sometimes it's taken close to ten minutes of trying.
My mechanic can't find a thing wrong with it on Friday, so I told him to keep it over the weekend and try again today. His assistant made it seem like I was doing it wrong, even though I've driven the darn thing for four years now, and even though I learned to drive on a standard. His suggestion was (since there wasn't anything wrong with the jeep) to turn the engine off, shift into gear, and then restart it. Now, if I had to do that (it didnt' work, I tried), wouldn't that in itself indicate a problem somewhere?
Today, I go into pick it up and my mechanic said while he was driving it around it finally did it for him. (he had problems getting it from third to second, but could get it from third to fourth, then try to start off in fourth~which is fun~) So he tells me I am probably looking at a transmission issue. That my options are to have a used transmission put into it, or a rebuilt one installed. The jeep has only 80K on it, has new tires/rims, and both an alternator and a radiator under two years old in it.
First of all, would you repair it? Who would you recommend to not take advantage of a female who is oh so broke, trying to support two kids on her own? Should I try to sell it? I have nothing saved that can go towards repairs or a new (used) vehicle right now. Since it is only happening off and on, is the worst that can happen is that I stall and block traffic for a while~while I sit there an grind the gearshift trying to get it into any gear? I've got my 10 month old with me probably 95% of the time when I am driving in it, and I'm out of service calls through AAA for the year.
It is a 4 cylinder.
New here, I was recommeded to this site by some fellow craig's listers who read the post I made on the board. Thanks for any insight.
I'm taking it into a local shop in the morning for a diagnostic test of the system.
I tend to have problems during the downshift, it gets stuck between gears it seems and eventually will slip into gear, sometimes it's taken close to ten minutes of trying.
My mechanic can't find a thing wrong with it on Friday, so I told him to keep it over the weekend and try again today. His assistant made it seem like I was doing it wrong, even though I've driven the darn thing for four years now, and even though I learned to drive on a standard. His suggestion was (since there wasn't anything wrong with the jeep) to turn the engine off, shift into gear, and then restart it. Now, if I had to do that (it didnt' work, I tried), wouldn't that in itself indicate a problem somewhere?
Today, I go into pick it up and my mechanic said while he was driving it around it finally did it for him. (he had problems getting it from third to second, but could get it from third to fourth, then try to start off in fourth~which is fun~) So he tells me I am probably looking at a transmission issue. That my options are to have a used transmission put into it, or a rebuilt one installed. The jeep has only 80K on it, has new tires/rims, and both an alternator and a radiator under two years old in it.
First of all, would you repair it? Who would you recommend to not take advantage of a female who is oh so broke, trying to support two kids on her own? Should I try to sell it? I have nothing saved that can go towards repairs or a new (used) vehicle right now. Since it is only happening off and on, is the worst that can happen is that I stall and block traffic for a while~while I sit there an grind the gearshift trying to get it into any gear? I've got my 10 month old with me probably 95% of the time when I am driving in it, and I'm out of service calls through AAA for the year.
It is a 4 cylinder.
New here, I was recommeded to this site by some fellow craig's listers who read the post I made on the board. Thanks for any insight.
I'm taking it into a local shop in the morning for a diagnostic test of the system.