98 Silhouette System Sensor

TEAM555

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1998 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
193,000 MILES

Where is the transaxle system sensor located on a 98 Silhouette?

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 AT 11:25 PM

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RASMATAZ

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This is the only sensor to the transmission : Automatic Transaxle Fluid Temperature (TFT) Sensor its inside the automatic transaxle

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 AT 11:32 PM

TEAM555

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Ok. The manual says "if your vehicle seems to start up rather slowly, or if it seems not to shift gears as you go faster, something may be wrong with a transaxle system sensor". The car runs fine except I cannot start out in drive. Every other gear works to start driving. Once I get to about 20-25 mph I can shift back into drive and its fine. Any ideas?

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 AT 12:27 AM

RASMATAZ

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Do you have a check engine light and when was last tune-up?

How's the transmission fluid level and condition?

Sounds like you got a transmission problem -could be a shifting solenoid/s bring her in and have pressure tested-

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 AT 3:14 AM