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2007 Saturn Relay transmission hesitation

Tiny
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  • 2007 SATURN RELAY
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I have a 2007 Saturn Relay with approx. 110,000 miles on it. The transmission seams to have a hesitation sometimes, not always, after you have been stopped for a light or something. It seems to jump into gear when you start to take off, this hesitation is only a split second long. Does this mean it is about to need to be rebuilt or is it a computer problem or what? What can be done about it?
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Sunday, October 13th, 2013 AT 3:46 PM

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Tiny
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Have you checked for codes yet?That's where youneed to start.
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Sunday, October 13th, 2013 AT 4:38 PM
Tiny
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Do you mean codes stored when the check engine light comes on. The light is not on and has never come on.
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Sunday, October 13th, 2013 AT 5:55 PM
Tiny
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I would still check for codes just because you didn't see the light come on doesn't mean there isn't codes. That's where I would start then a transmission pressure test. Has the transmission services been done regularly like there supposed to have been done?
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Sunday, October 13th, 2013 AT 6:07 PM
Tiny
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Nothing has ever been done to this tranny.
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Monday, October 14th, 2013 AT 3:09 AM
Tiny
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The fluid should have been changed twice already every 50,000 miles.I would have the fluid changed and have them check the transmission pan for debris metal. You could have a plugged filter or a failing transmission. Also have it checked for codes.
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Monday, October 14th, 2013 AT 10:09 AM
Tiny
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I changed the fluid and filter this past Thursday, the pan was exceptionally clean even the magnet had very little residue on it. The van seemed to work fine for a couple of days and then first thing this morning it did it's hesitation thing again. I have always been told that unless the check engine light is on there would not be any codes stored, if you say there would be, is this the codes that AutoZone or O'Reilly can read for me?
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013 AT 4:46 PM
Tiny
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They maybe able to see it with there code reader. So was the transmission fluid all black?Are you sure its not the engine cutting out instead of the transmission slipping?
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013 AT 4:59 PM
Tiny
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The fluid looked good, very, very little darkness to it, and like I said the pan was clean. I am sure it is not the engine cutting out.
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013 AT 5:16 PM
Tiny
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You said the fluid hadn't been changed in 110,000 miles so how could it look that good?If the transmission is jumping when taking off then you will have to have the transmission checked out. Pressure test etc. Since its so interment it could just be a solenoid issue.
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013 AT 5:23 PM
Tiny
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Thanks, I will have it checked out soon. Unbelievable but the fluid did look great. I also have a truck with over 100,000 miles on the tranny since fluid and filter were changed and it still looks great also.
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013 AT 6:14 PM
Tiny
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That's amazing all the fluid I have seen with that kind of miles on it is pretty dark.
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013 AT 9:18 PM

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