Transmission problem
2005 Ford Escape 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 56000 miles
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My car has been running great until yesterday. I was driving and all of the sudden the engine would rev but the car would not move. I shut it off and tried again in a few minutes. it went about 100 feet then same thing. Today i changed the fluid and it was full but black and burnt. I drove ti around for like 10 minutes and ti was fine then it started whining then would not move again. After beign shut off for a few it would move a little bit then same thing. how bad is this? I am optimistic that its not all bad since after time it would work.

Hi there,

The black & burnt oil i a very bad sigh sorry. This is an indication of extremely high temp in the transmission due to band slippage, your trans will more than likely require a full overhaul.

Mark (mhpautos)