2002 Toyota Rav4 Transmission Question

2002 TOYOTA RAV4
51,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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PEGGYE
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The car was slipping (or like a bump) when it would go into first gear (like it wasn't going in to first), but was fine after it got up to speed. Took it and had the transmission professionally flushed and spent $190.00 to do this. (They also readjusted the idle). The car is running fine now, but the mechanic told me that we would probably have to have a new transmission put in and that would be $2500.00. We bought the car used 2 months ago and it was not used for heavy driving.
Does it sound like the problem could be fixed after flushing out the transmission fluid and putting new in it or do I need to have a new transmission put in?
Thank you
Jun 8, 2008 at 10:55 AM
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KHLOW2008
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Hi peggye,

Looks like I have to agree with your mechanic about the trans.

The front clutch must be weak or leaking internally.
Jun 16, 2008 at 12:41 PM