1998 Pontiac Sunfire "bad transmission roaring sound" Questions

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...nothing happens. I dont thing it changes so when you accelerate it just roars and dosnt drive? if a manuel transmission then the clutch has gone bad.if auto transmission then it needs a

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...transmission because when they go bad they dont make a roaring sound. they just either shift hard or make a grinding noise. it could also be your power steering pump, they make a roaring sound too. ...

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...transmission shifts as its suppose to, there's no jerking, pausing, strain, nothing like that. just a roar. i recently bought new tires and i still have the roar. the service engine light came on ...

...what could it be ? when you start to drive it shifts ok but has a bad roar and grind coming from the transmission. sounds like transmission is damaged, sure its not a transfer case or rear axle

...be shifted to next gear(this isn't a manual transmission Have a shop look at it. It may just be a failed wheel bearing. The bearing will leave you stranded if it gets bad enough and cause more

...bad. Even transmission problem. You have to pin-point where the vibration is, is it in the front, in the rear, on the right or on the left. Is it in the center of the vehicle and so on. Hope this ...

when i take off it has a bad roar and gringing noise coming from the transmission, what could it be ? sounds like trans is damaged,  but are you sure its not transfer case or rear axle?

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...bad that I had a used transmission put in and a year later have same problem. I am on second set of wheel bearings also. Wheel bearings generally roar. Sometimes the wheel bearings will roar without ...

...bad wheel bearing, which would give a type of "roaring noise while the wheel is rotating. This is a much cheaper repair than a Transmission job, but should be taken to a shop right away nonetheless. ...

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...10 to 20 and then 20 to 30! and when it hits 30 it roars and then it shifts back down to 2! and it sounds really loud! Your secondary has went bad in your transmission, you need ot have it

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