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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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I have a 00 and the transmission started slipping the other day. I was wondering if it means that it could be going out or if it might be something else?
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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what is the state and level of your trans fluid?
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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Your throttle position sensor may also be suspect. Is your idle rough at all? And also wondering what level, what color and how your tranny fluid smells.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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A little lower than max, and its a pinkish color. The idle is a tad bit of, not to where you can see it in the gauge but I can feel it but when the heat is on it doesn't do it. And during the summer if I was sitting in traffic longer than 5 minutes the temp would go over 210
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 09:11 AM
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And it also has 193000 miles, which I know isn't a lot for a jeep
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 08:14 AM
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The picture is about an hour after I got to work this morning. I don't know much about transmission, so I just hope its not going out, any help will be great. Thanks
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 08:19 AM
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It won't let me post the picture, I'll try to post the picture of the color of the fluid later
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