Transmission reverse gear is not working

BIGDAVE03

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1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER
V6
4WD
AUTOMATIC
250,000 MILES

Okay, so I used to daily drive this car and one day we parked on a slope that was about 15-20 degrees and when I put it in reverse it took a second to kick in but it did kick in. After a while the problem got slightly worse so I checked the transmission fluid and it was fine. About a week goes by and I was going about 10 MPH and I heard a grinding sound coming from the transmission. After that reverse stopped working for about a month and I tried it and it worked one last time. After that nothing ever again. All the other gears are fine. I checked the solenoids, they seem fine as well. It has been about 4 months since I have driven it on the road at all. And I plan on fixing it for a off road car.

Yea, I'm planning to pull it of soon unless I missed something.

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KEN L

MASTER CERTIFIED MECHANIC
42,904 POSTS

How was the fluid condition? if burnt I would service the unit. here is a guide to help walk you through the steps with a video of the job being done on a similar car below:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-service-an-automatic-transmission

and

https://youtu.be/FglBsUEOSEk

This guide can help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/automatic-transmission-problems

Please run down these guides and report back. i have also seen the pressure regulator sednoid go out as well. Check out the diagrams (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem.

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