Hello! My Toyota Estima 2002 (A.K.A Toyota Sienna) ODO 257764KM automatic has a problem:
The vehicle will not shift into fourth gear sometimes especially when the vehicle is driven for some time.
When I start the car in the morning to drive, it’s OK to shift to gears 1-2-3-4. When it’s in gear 4th, if I just keep driving (>80km/h) then it’s still there, meanwhile I try O/D button => when I press O/D off I can feel the vibration a bit then RPM goes up (to 4000 at 100kpm), when O/D is on the car goes back to 4th gear normally (even try many times).
But when the car slowdown (down to 10-20km/h) then go up again, it will never get back to 4th gear, but bht only 3th gear (then the switching O/D button can just turn on/off the O/D light without any change of driving the car...). I also try to stop the car, turn off, then turn on the car again, then gears can just move from 1 -> 2 -> 3.
I am trying all the instructions mentioned above to see if any of them works on my car.
*Update 8pm 14/2/2023:
Today I started the car and drove for a highway trip (~200km distance) without any stops (only 2 short times needed to slow down to ~20-30km/h).
The car was perfect for the trip that I drove at 100km/h (sometimes up to 140km/h), I tried O/D off & on some times as well.
But later in the afternoon when I started again, it’s could not reach 4th again…
Many thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Phillip
The vehicle will not shift into fourth gear sometimes especially when the vehicle is driven for some time.
When I start the car in the morning to drive, it’s OK to shift to gears 1-2-3-4. When it’s in gear 4th, if I just keep driving (>80km/h) then it’s still there, meanwhile I try O/D button => when I press O/D off I can feel the vibration a bit then RPM goes up (to 4000 at 100kpm), when O/D is on the car goes back to 4th gear normally (even try many times).
But when the car slowdown (down to 10-20km/h) then go up again, it will never get back to 4th gear, but bht only 3th gear (then the switching O/D button can just turn on/off the O/D light without any change of driving the car...). I also try to stop the car, turn off, then turn on the car again, then gears can just move from 1 -> 2 -> 3.
I am trying all the instructions mentioned above to see if any of them works on my car.
*Update 8pm 14/2/2023:
Today I started the car and drove for a highway trip (~200km distance) without any stops (only 2 short times needed to slow down to ~20-30km/h).
The car was perfect for the trip that I drove at 100km/h (sometimes up to 140km/h), I tried O/D off & on some times as well.
But later in the afternoon when I started again, it’s could not reach 4th again…
Many thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Phillip
Feb 14, 2023 at 5:05 PM
