'99 G. Caravan 41TE delayed shift

My friend's afraid his 41TE is on it's way out. I asked why and he said the
tranny doesn't shift from 1st to 2nd as soon as it used to. It stays in 1st
longer before finally going into 2nd. Any ideas? TIA.

 

How many miles since he's had the ATF flushed? Read here for
info/ideas/specifics:

http://www.allpar.com/fix/trans.html


Stew

 

If he's concerned have him get it to a diagnostics. Someone who KNOWS the
diagnostics on this.
Larry

 

Before changing the trans fluid or rebuilding the trans, perform the
following;
1. Removed the cable connector at both the TCM (Transmission Control Module)
and the PCM (Powertrain Control Module) and clean with alcohol and
(soldering / acid) brush. I think you will find a lot of contamination in
the TCM connector.
2. If still bad, R&R the Input and Output Speed sensors ($50 total).
- Bill

 

You're still shotgunning something where there may be absolutely nothing
wrong. Remember this unit "learns" and it may have "learned" a change in his
drive habits. The best thing he can do is have it scanned and find out IF
anything is amiss.
Larry

 

Bad Input/Output Sensors will not store an error. Scan will only give
unpredictable error codes from intermittent sensor. Only a completely failed
sensor will be identified in the scan.
- Bill