neontom69
New Member
Hi all, I'm new to the Jeep world and new to the forum. I have a 2004 Liberty 3.7 with 127K miles about three months ago and I love it. I bought the Jeep from a local but reputable dealer but it didn't come with a complete service history from the previous owners.
My purpose of seeking the forum is this:
I'm pretty good with vehicle maintenance, and since I don't have a shop or a gnarly tool set, I get all service that's messy or needs to get done today at a shop. Yesterday I got all the fluids in the car serviced (coolant flush/refill, oil/filter change, transfer case and differential fluids changed, transmission fluid/filter changed, and power steering, brake, and A/C system checked). Remember, I have no idea when the last time any fluids were changed (or if they were ever changed at all) except the engine oil.
Now, I have never had any problems with the transmission except for what sounded to me like some hard shifts (very occasionally), strange kickdown behavior (lagging or skipping 2 gears) and gear whine (that's why I got all the fluids changed). After getting the service done I went home; no problems. Then I left for an evening out, and I noticed the ****** slipping through a couple turns after getting off the highway, and stopping at some red lights.
A couple hours later on my way home, it slipped a few times while cold and I had to shift a few times manually to get it to engage. For the next 30 minutes during my trip home there were no problems.
Since I just got the vehicle serviced, I'm bringing it back to them to fix. But before that, I wanna check the fluid. I have read in my Haynes manual that there are two different automatic transmissions in the Liberty and they require different "check-the-fluid" procedures, and I can't seem to find the type my vehicle has. Is there a shortcut, something obvious, that I'm just not seeing?
Thanks a lot guys, glad to be part of the forum.
My purpose of seeking the forum is this:
I'm pretty good with vehicle maintenance, and since I don't have a shop or a gnarly tool set, I get all service that's messy or needs to get done today at a shop. Yesterday I got all the fluids in the car serviced (coolant flush/refill, oil/filter change, transfer case and differential fluids changed, transmission fluid/filter changed, and power steering, brake, and A/C system checked). Remember, I have no idea when the last time any fluids were changed (or if they were ever changed at all) except the engine oil.
Now, I have never had any problems with the transmission except for what sounded to me like some hard shifts (very occasionally), strange kickdown behavior (lagging or skipping 2 gears) and gear whine (that's why I got all the fluids changed). After getting the service done I went home; no problems. Then I left for an evening out, and I noticed the ****** slipping through a couple turns after getting off the highway, and stopping at some red lights.
A couple hours later on my way home, it slipped a few times while cold and I had to shift a few times manually to get it to engage. For the next 30 minutes during my trip home there were no problems.
Since I just got the vehicle serviced, I'm bringing it back to them to fix. But before that, I wanna check the fluid. I have read in my Haynes manual that there are two different automatic transmissions in the Liberty and they require different "check-the-fluid" procedures, and I can't seem to find the type my vehicle has. Is there a shortcut, something obvious, that I'm just not seeing?
Thanks a lot guys, glad to be part of the forum.
