# Suburban transmission

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/suburban-transmission/20172>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** suburban\
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suburban-transmission/20172 "2008-09-30T16:10:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jnuffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@jnuffer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jnuffer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suburban-transmission/20172/1 "2008-09-30T16:10:05Z")

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I have a 1995 suburban with 260,000 miles. Six months ago, one cold morning, on my way to work, the auto transmission clunked at every shift. I dropped it off at a local transmission shop. They tested it all day and could find nothing wrong. I drove it that PM and the clunking was gone. Yesterday and this morning it happened again. It doesn’t happen in the PM. I had thr trans fluid cahnged 7-8 months ago. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. John

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suburban-transmission/20172/2 "2008-09-30T19:54:07Z")

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Try leaving the Suburban overnight so they can test it in the morning when it is cold. The last time I had a hard to diagnose problem, I asked my mechanic to drive it home a couple days until the problem occured again. It worked.

Is this the original transmission? If so, it is probably due for an overhaul or a replacement.