Saturday, January 8th, 2022 AT 10:52 AM
Car in D5, first had issue on highway when turned on cruise control, going around 70MPH, RPMs revved up 6,000. Turned off cruise control, drove it around 70MPH steady for another fifty miles, made it home. Next day I checked for any leaking engine bay and under car, did see power steering fluid on top of reservoir, and realized that the top wasn't tightened right, but just flushed power steering fluid last week. (Total different issue) Drive car up and down the road several times, whining noise coming from serpentine belt, even though it's new, added a little conditioner and it was quiet again. Hear grinding sound when turning steering wheel back and forth, still somewhat tight/hard pull. Drove around ten miles around the block to go to AutoZone, turned at light was probably around 2nd gear, about 1/2-mile, car basically felt as if in neutral, no acceleration, just coasted downhill pulled off side of the road. Turned car off, checked/looked to see if anything is noticeably different, car would crank up, can move shifter, after 20 minutes. Put into G5 and was able to accelerate forward and backward for about 3 minutes. Then it lost acceleration again, all lights are on, engine light has been on but only getting a P4636 (or3646?) Code reading, (but that's the oil circuit arm switch) Can this possibly be a new Transmission needed, or Torque Converter. Any suggestions on what to do, I'm out of town, away from my normal mechanic, and stuck! Any advice is greatly appreciated.