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Okay, so my Transaxle dummy light came on today, after I had an incident where I had to punch it to avoid getting rear-ended. Got all the way to school (only a block or more from where the incident almost happened), parked where it could be easily towed from, and called my local mechanic. He told me it might just have gotten wet, there wasn't really anything he could tell me without looking at it. Since I didn't notice any change in how it was shifting after the light came on, he told me to just go to class and see if the light came back on after I started the car an hour or so later.
After class, I started the car, and no light came on. I drove a couple miles on my way out of town, and the same light came on, but it was flashing instead of solid. Still no difference in how the car drove. Stopped to get gas, and the same thing happened. No light right after I turned the car on, but after driving a mile or two it started flashing again. Still no noticeable difference in how the car performed.
I got back to my neighborhood, and stopped by my mechanic's. He came out and ran the code reader, and got a code 741. It identified the code as the torque converter, but it didn't give any details. He said that I might have broke some dirt or something loose when I punched it and it got stuck in a valve or something, or it could be a sensor starting to go bad. He cleared the code from the car's computer, which turned the warning light off, and we both noticed that a noise that sounded almost like a loose or wet belt stopped immediately. He seemed as surprised by that as I was.
So has anyone had this code 741 for the torque converter come up before, or had a situation similar to mine? Any kind of feedback will be appreciated!
After class, I started the car, and no light came on. I drove a couple miles on my way out of town, and the same light came on, but it was flashing instead of solid. Still no difference in how the car drove. Stopped to get gas, and the same thing happened. No light right after I turned the car on, but after driving a mile or two it started flashing again. Still no noticeable difference in how the car performed.
I got back to my neighborhood, and stopped by my mechanic's. He came out and ran the code reader, and got a code 741. It identified the code as the torque converter, but it didn't give any details. He said that I might have broke some dirt or something loose when I punched it and it got stuck in a valve or something, or it could be a sensor starting to go bad. He cleared the code from the car's computer, which turned the warning light off, and we both noticed that a noise that sounded almost like a loose or wet belt stopped immediately. He seemed as surprised by that as I was.
So has anyone had this code 741 for the torque converter come up before, or had a situation similar to mine? Any kind of feedback will be appreciated!
