I was pulling my 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis into my driveway and decided that I needed to back-in so that I could unload the trunk. When I shifted into reverse, I heard a loud pop and some additional non-savory noices plus the entire car shuttered. At that point, the car would no longer go in reverse; all of the other gears work fine. This car has less than 100k on it; I keep it well maintained and drive rather conservatively. Am I looking at a transmission rebuild or could there be an electrical gremlin behind this such as the automatic transmission solenoid? Thanks for any assistance.
Usually what causes this is your reverse clutch is worn out in the transmission, or there is a bad valve
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We took the car for a test drive this evening; the car is shifting very late...it almost feels like the transmission is slipping. In park, we ran through the gears and it moved ever so slightly in reverse and then quit moving. One other thing we noticed is that there were 2 trails of fluid on the ground from where we pulled out to test drive it. Also, we checked the transmission fluid levels and they were normal.
We took the car for a test drive this evening; the car is shifting very late...it almost feels like the transmission is slipping. In park, we ran through the gears and it moved ever so slightly in reverse and then quit moving. One other thing we noticed is that there were 2 trails of fluid on the ground from where we pulled out to test drive it. Also, we checked the transmission fluid levels and they were normal.
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