Hi all:

We purchased a 99 XKJ last summer with 82K miles on the odometer and 40K miles on the engine. Over the past 6 months, we replace a few expected items - alternator, steering column motor, leaking hose. Other than those items, the car ran extremely well until about two weeks ago.

We seem to have an 'intermittent' automatic transmission issue. I've search the boards and have an idea of what the issue might be. But, I'd like the opinions of the community. Here are the symptoms in no particular order:

1. When shifting into drive, one can feel a bump in the seat of their pants that is stronger than what one normally experiences with shifting automatics
2. When stopped at a light on two occasions, the car shuddered for 5 seconds of less as if a couple if a couple of cylinders failed to fire
3. When slowing to a stop on one occasion, there was a whine like sound similar to low fluid in a power steering pump
4. When starting off from a dead stop on two occasions, there was a rattling like sound similar to pebbles in a can or dragging a metal piece
5. When starting from a dead stop, the car speed increased as if the car was in neutral but the car never moved

The local independent shop - an excellent reputation family run business for over 25 years - inspected the car and found there were no engine or transmission codes and the transmission fluid was full.

What would be your top two guess as to the nature of the problem. I'm hoping your views will either confirm my guess or point me in a direction I had not thought of

Thanks

Thom

 

Possibility the A drum is failing. The metal sound you hear could be the outer rim of the A drum detaching and rubbing on the outer drum.

This shows outer ring of the A drum detaching on a transmission I repaired.

 

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