# 1999 Neon Transmission **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 18, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807 "2007-09-18T19:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whazaname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whazaname](https://community.cartalk.com/u/whazaname)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/1 "2007-09-18T19:43:39Z")
I just moved and now I am having transmission trouble. This car has 110,000 miles and still rides great. It has a difficult time going from first to 2nd most of the time. A “friend” says it is the planetary gear most likely and that the whole trans is shot. I called a few shops to get estimate and the best is $1,100 for a rebuilt trans. Is this right, am I screwed? I am 20 and broke as hell. Any chance to fix this myslef? ---
**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/2 "2007-09-19T01:15:36Z")
Yes, this estimate is in line with a transmission rebuild. I can’t tell from here if you actually need such work, but if you do that’s what it costs. Of course, you can continue to drive a very long time bypassing second gear, getting a little extra speed in first and shifting directly to third. ---
**Author:** ![mr\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mr_josh/32/3008_2.png) [@mr\_josh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mr_josh)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/3 "2007-09-19T01:24:46Z")
Explain what a “difficult time” is. Does it slip? Does it act like it’s in neutral? Or does it just hold 1st gear? What happens if you start out in manual first gear, then manually the transmission? ---
**Author:** ![transman618](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/transman618/32/24_2.png) [@transman618](https://community.cartalk.com/u/transman618)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/4 "2007-09-19T01:53:09Z")
If the planetary gearset were failing you would HEAR it. I too would like to know a little more about what it is doing. Does it do it more when it is cold as opposed to when it has warmed up?? transman ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/5 "2007-09-19T04:01:03Z")
The transmission fluid could be to high (overserviced). Did you add any when the transmission was cold? Old Chevy experience in cold weather. ---
**Author:** ![whazaname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whazaname](https://community.cartalk.com/u/whazaname)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/6 "2007-09-19T12:02:22Z")
yeah it holds 1st for a while like it is trying and failing to get to 2nd and then finally it gets over the hump. It doesn’t seem to happen at a particular RPM, what I mean is that flooring it doesn’t make it shift faster. Also this is a automatic trans which I gather is a lot harder to mess with. ---
**Author:** ![whazaname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whazaname](https://community.cartalk.com/u/whazaname)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-neon-transmission/4807/7 "2007-09-19T12:04:58Z")
Yeah I don’t hear it. But even when I have driven to work, a good 25-30 minute city drive it is still doing it. I’m avoiding the interstates in case something really messed up happens.