# Issues immediately after startup on 1999 infiniti g20 (automatic transmission)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/issues-immediately-after-startup-on-1999-infiniti-g20-automatic-transmission/43954>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** g20, stalling, transmissions, infiniti\
**Created:** [February 6, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/issues-immediately-after-startup-on-1999-infiniti-g20-automatic-transmission/43954 "2010-02-06T17:06:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![slagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@slagos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/slagos)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/issues-immediately-after-startup-on-1999-infiniti-g20-automatic-transmission/43954/1 "2010-02-06T17:06:25Z")

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My problem exhibits itself in two symptoms that persist until the thermostat needle rises to normal temperature. In order to avoid these issues, I purchased a remote starter so that I can let the car warm up in the morning before I get in and drive. The first symptom is a loss of acceleration power in second gear that is accompanied by a hollow crunching sound. Even if I slam on the gas, the car will accelerate at an elderly pace until the rpms pick up a bit. The second sympton arises when I have to brake. If I’m in second gear or above, pressing the brake pedal causes the same holllow crunching sound, but the sound is more intense and if I deccelerate too quickly, the car stalls. On bad days (like everyday I drive this car isn’t) my car will also stall, after exhibiting one or both of the previous symptons, when I have to put it in drive. I have found that I can avoid stalling by shifting the car into nuetral as I brake. This issue has been accompanied by two rare symptons: teetering reverse (during warm-up period) and a check engine light code indicating “2nd gear ratio incorrect.” I should note that when the car is warm, the car’s shifts are not always smooth.  
  
 I don’t know if this is related, but recently I’ve noticed that once my car is warm, if I have to apply more pressure than normal to the brake, I hear crunching (different from the hollow crunching noted before) and liquid splashing.