Check trans oil level, you may have holed the oil pan.

Answered by mhpautos (expert)
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If it helps at all with this problem, it's an automatic, I think over 114,000 miles on it, and the "service engine soon" light has been lit for months. It never blinked, but is just on. Also, when I make big turns within 10 minutes or so of turning the car on, it makes a sort of grinding sound and reversing and turning at the same time makes a kind of metal-sounding squeak; I think that's the brakes.

Response from jjjkuk
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if the fluid is good, you have an internal failure and most likely the trans will have to be rebuilt. perhaps if you had it checked when the noise occurred, this could have been averted. never ignore abnormal noises.

Roy

Answered by ASEMaster6371 (expert)
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I'll check the oil when I get the chance, but I also noticed that there's been some leaking beneath the car. I think it has stopped a while ago.

Response from jjjkuk
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My father and I just checked it and the oil seemed fine. We think the bottom of the car got cut open a bit from the afformentioned metal thing on the freeway, because the transmission fluid leaked out. If that is the case, does anyone know how much it would cost to get that fixed, assuming the only repair is sealing up the hole?

Response from jjjkuk
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you just said the oil was fine. did you mean engine or trans??

what hole?? where?? cant even begin to give an opinion without more info.

you may have damaged internals with this as well

Roy

Answered by ASEMaster6371 (expert)
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