2006 2.5i with under 40k miles. As cold weather has set in this year I’m hearing and feeling a pretty good clunk when trans is very cold. Seems to happen starting out, driving easy, when it downshifts to second from third open slowing down. Makes the noise first few times until it warms up. Fluid (Subaru hp) is new last few months and is at correct level. I don’t remember this bang happening last winter with old fluid.
Any ideas? I wanted to sell the car but with this now I can’t drop this potential issue on someone, also don’t want to drop much more money in it.
Edit: did some searching and reading and it seems like this is “common”. I do drive this car softly, more softly than the trans seems to like, anyway. The bang I’m hearing definitely happens when I’m stating from a stop and sorta feathering the throttle and when it’s cold. Wondering about the shift computer reset procedure now. I bought this car 6k ago from an old lady who drove it to church on sundays...really.
Any ideas? I wanted to sell the car but with this now I can’t drop this potential issue on someone, also don’t want to drop much more money in it.
Edit: did some searching and reading and it seems like this is “common”. I do drive this car softly, more softly than the trans seems to like, anyway. The bang I’m hearing definitely happens when I’m stating from a stop and sorta feathering the throttle and when it’s cold. Wondering about the shift computer reset procedure now. I bought this car 6k ago from an old lady who drove it to church on sundays...really.