# Transmission

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/54917>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sw, transmissions, saturn\
**Created:** [September 10, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/54917 "2010-09-10T15:59:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![carolcuevas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@carolcuevas](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carolcuevas)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/54917/1 "2010-09-10T15:59:08Z")

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My Saturn SW 1998 Slams into reverse gear. If I wait a few seconds with my brake on it will go into gear without slamming. Is may transmission getting ready to go?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/54917/2 "2010-09-10T17:58:15Z")

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How many miles on your car? Any prior history of transmission problems? Has the fluid ever been changed? (Don’t go change it yet)

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**Author:** ![carolcuevas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@carolcuevas](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carolcuevas)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/54917/3 "2010-09-11T00:10:46Z")

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I have 156,000 miles with no problems. The fluid was changed several months ago