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[Wife'sRav]

Hi everyone, can I ask if there is anyone who can actually say for certain, an answer to the Rav4,2002 auto box problems, wifey's seems to pull away in third and has a harsh clunk into reverse, very sluggish pulling away and a steep hill it will not go up from a stand still, on the flat have to use 2500 rpm to pull away, there are so many things being said about them it really is a mine fiels, please, please somebody say " I really know what that is ".

many many thanks..David.

[TP49]

Hi David, this may or may not be the answer. But I had the same sort of problem with a Range Rover I had. On checking the transmission fluid it was black so I changed fluid and the filter and problem solved. Gearbox specialists were telling me it needed a new box but it worked out well for me. Hope your problem is as simple as mine was.