# Transmission **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 30, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/8848 "2007-12-30T20:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fan4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c6cbf5/32.png) [@fan4life](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fan4life)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/8848/1 "2007-12-30T20:47:13Z")
I live in Canada and now for one year will be in Spain. Here I have bought a 2001 Renault Senic with automatic transmission. Here is my problem: Mostly when weather is cold (Spanish standards, i.e. 5 deg.) and my transmission is cold, i.e. driven the car less than 5 km (3 miles). If I enter the highway and travel at 100 km/h (60 Miles) or go up hill, the transmission can suddenly down shift from 4th to 3rd or 3rd to 2nd gear and remain stuck there! (a light comes on in my instrument cluster showing a transmission). If I switch off the engine and turn it back on immediately the problem goes away! Any ideas what might be happening? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/8848/2 "2007-12-31T00:28:46Z")
Sounds like your Scenic is experiencing serious problems or something that’s the reason why it goes into a limp home mode. Sooner or later the trick will not going to work. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/8848/3 "2007-12-31T04:15:53Z")
Have you checked the transmission fluid level? That’s the first thing to do. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission/8848/4 "2007-12-31T05:05:10Z")
Is there anybody out there where you are who can scan the transmission computer on your car?? Transmission shop??? transman