A32 gearbox takes forever to engage D

[fanatic]

Does anyone having or had this problem?

Whenever the engine is cold (temperature needle all the way down), eg. morning or after parked long hours, it takes like forever (sometimes up to 5 minutes) to engage D. R is ok, 2nd gear is ok too. Only D wont engage.

But if I warm up the engine (like run the engine for about 5 minutes) before driving, it will engage. I also noticed that whenever the engine temperature needle is up to middle, no problem.

What is the problem?

 

[ctk22]

i had the same problem with my previous gearbox in VQ30 too. On cold start, i just engage the gear in 2nd, once running then push back to D.

After my investigation, it was the previous owner (my boss) that had a jammed gearbox due to ATF leaking last time (run until no ATF inside), and after that the problem occurred.

 

[fanatic]

So u changed ur gearbox?

 

[onionbay]

i have exactly the same problem too.. went to nissan, diagnose it. Report was lack of pressure during cold, that is why the g/b wont run at D. it will work at '1' and '2' and 'R'.

The staff advise to change another g/b frm the chopshop. This is a norm for A32 after above a certain age and mantainence mode.

By the way, what's your mileage? I'm at 365,000KM now. mine is 97 model.i am the 2nd owner.

FYI: I've checked A33 G/B. It's not the same as A32. Therefore we can only look for A32 3.0 G/B.

 

[fanatic]

my mileage is abt 24xk.

can we change something to improve the pressure during cold starts?

g/box expensive leh...

 

[weikee]

if you know a good mech, can ask them buy 2L g.box, take out the final drive, replace with the 3L final drive, and it should work. I have not personally experience this, but this is what was told by my chop shop friend, and i also verify on the service manual, the internal are the same except the final drive.

Or you can go service the g.box, maybe around 3k with few months warranty.

 

[Cefiromaniac]

overhauling the g/b is gamble my friend did it on his A32 3.0 it lasted for 6 months the sympthoms became worst he had to look for a g/b at chop shop after changing from chop shop now it's fine.

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what's the difference in the A32 G/B from the A33 G/B any idea?
A32 has an option button for power and snow but A33 has power and auto whayts the difference ?

cheers

 

[weikee]

that's why we need to select the reputable shop that can do auto box rebuild, and use all original parts.

The Snow is start at gear 2, and Power is hold the gear longer. not sure of A33, check the service manual.

 

[Cefiromaniac]

thank bro for your update

 

[polaris]

Hi sifus, My A32 3.0 facing the same problem, gb problem & under power worst than 2.0, send to mech for checking then his advice is service the gb which will cost RM1.5k-RM2k, is this price too high? Need some advice .. thanks

 

[fanatic]

my god, seems A32's gearbox shares a common problem!

and it seems that the only way is to change the gearbox. any idea how much an A32 gearbox would cost at chopshop?

have to take a loan from Ah Long

 

[weikee]

my friend B14 auto box lasted him 500kkm, and another friend father using A32 clock more than 400kkm, also ok. Key is

- use original Matic-D
- Change auto oil regular (i do it 20kkm)
- check oil leak,
- know how to drive Auto.. don't just use only D. There is a reason why 1,2, and "OD Off" is made.

 

[Cefiromaniac]

hi weikee,

bro do u shift from D to 1 and 2 i thought doing that u will have wear and tear on gearbox torgue converter and the cluthes may slipp i am just asking bro i do drive hard at times i play with OD on and off.

Appreciatte your update and advice here.................cheers

 

[weikee]

Technically speaking, you can do it, but engine can't take it. I don't do D to 1, that is suicide to the engine, try put 5th gear to 2nd gear in manual. Then again modern Auto box with electronic control sometime overwrite it even the driver force the stick from D to 1.

Going uphill, conventional auto box car owner need to know how to shift gear to have proper torque at the correct rpm, if not you will put too much stress on come gears.

 

[doraemon98]

Technically speaking, you can do it, but engine can't take it. I don't do D to 1, that is suicide to the engine, try put 5th gear to 2nd gear in manual. Then again modern Auto box with electronic control sometime overwrite it even the driver force the stick from D to 1.

Going uphill, conventional auto box car owner need to know how to shift gear to have proper torque at the correct rpm, if not you will put too much stress on come gears.

Normally going up hill and sloping down, i will turn off OD and let it engage to 3rd gear. If 3rd gear unable to do proper engine brake, then i will engage it to 2nd gear, lightly tap on brake to prevent over speed, and avoid brake pad over heated.

 

[fanatic]

hmm.... meaning have to change gearbox lah, izzit?

 

[sb3]

Does anyone having or had this problem?

Whenever the engine is cold (temperature needle all the way down), eg. morning or after parked long hours, it takes like forever (sometimes up to 5 minutes) to engage D. R is ok, 2nd gear is ok too. Only D wont engage.

But if I warm up the engine (like run the engine for about 5 minutes) before driving, it will engage. I also noticed that whenever the engine temperature needle is up to middle, no problem.

What is the problem?

Its time to visit the chop shop bro, dont waste ur money on g/box repair/service. They seldom work and expensive. On the side note, the pressure lines and filter will clog up too.

Changing the chop shop unit will only cost less than rm1.8k as compared to rm2.5-3k for the cost of repairing and servicing it. That would not last too.

Better do it asap as there will b restriction on all import of chop shop items wef june next year i think . Anyone can verify this?

 

[seizai]

Its time to visit the chop shop bro, dont waste ur money on g/box repair/service. They seldom work and expensive. On the side note, the pressure lines and filter will clog up too.

Changing the chop shop unit will only cost less than rm1.8k as compared to rm2.5-3k for the cost of repairing and servicing it. That would not last too.

Better do it asap as there will b restriction on all import of chop shop items wef june next year i think . Anyone can verify this?

really?? die loh.. need keep 1 h/cut spare in house :hmmmm:

 

[sb3]

Seen one half-cut manual today, very tempting to convert manuallah , waiting for budget heheeh...

 

[doraemon98]

They have a very evil motive behind.

1) they play tricks to allow insurance company to stop selling 3rd party insurance. Allow insurance co over insured + incurred loading to comprehensive premium for cars 15 years and older. Reason given was insurance company is making lost every year as premium collected unable to cover overall claims. The question is, why old cars are being victimized? Is it fair for obedient drivers that never claims for his life time to pay more premium for his old car than a devil driver that claims every 2 years with new cars?

-- As an owner of a company or businessman, for how long you can sustain the company/department if your department are making lost every year? Its like a cancer in your body, you dun wan to get rid of it but keep it and hope it will heal by itself? But I NEVER see any insurance company is selling off/close down their vehicle insurance department due to unprofit. But instead they are like mushroom and every bank are trying to setup their own insurance company.

2) older car if wan to renew insurance/road tax, have to send their cars to puspakom and to be approved then only qualify to renew their road tax. Reason given was old car is not safe on the road and cause more accident.

-- This is all BS! How many old cars (> 15 years) have serious accident on highway or trunk roads? Arent most of the accident happens in highway are new cars? If you collect 1 year newspaper cutting on accident, you will notice the ratio of new car and old cars involved in accident

3) ban chop shop from selling used parts, claiming they are not safe to be use. And they wants to protect the rakyat safety!

-- As an owner of our beloved car and for our own safety, will you replace a your malfunction parts with a spoiled parts? Will your service man replace a spoiled part for you to tarnish his own reputation?

We choose to use 2nd hand chopshop parts is because they are more reliable compare to new, made in malaysia substandard equivalent part.

Because only 2nd hand is available. Because we have no other option.

Some 2nd hand parts are more expensive than an new one, and we still prefer 2nd hand.

Try ban the chop shop and you have to scrap your old car due to no parts is available. Or its too expensive to repair.

The very same parts and service sell a lot more cheaper in thailand than here. And they will never reveal, why thailand can sell cheaper and not here?

They wants to make away the old cars. So you buy their overvalue new car, they can suck money from you. If you retired and age 65, you car is 15 years old, can u effort a new car? Can u get financed? Can you take bus?

The funny thing is we elect them to make ourselves suffers, to suck our own money instead of protecting our interest.