2004 PT Cruiser automatic is very sluggish

[scarrmrcc]

heck, you could actually even be low on fluid in your tranny..

i was at one point (after pushing it so hard on snowy hill that the tranny actually "locked" the traction control... the traction control light came on, and would not go off, and no limited slipping...i locked the tranny..then it just.. "popped back to normal, a day later, when i was taking ti to get looked at...so i flushed it then and there..but it was about a quart low...because i am an idiot)

anyway, it was a quart low, and "slipping" the engine would rev, but the car would not accelerate like it should...i warmed it up and checked the fluid, and yep, low. i filled it up, and got the pep back. another way to get a little more pep (if you do not need them) is put the rear seats in your garage/house. they say that every 100lbs is a tenth of a second in the quarter mile...

[DIYPTGUY]

how much do the back seats weigh out of curiosity? I often think of taking them out because i dont really need them.

[bertone]

Originally Posted by DIYPTGUY

how much do the back seats weigh out of curiosity? I often think of taking them out because i dont really need them.

They are quite heavy, had to remove them when I was moving... I couldn't give you a figure of how heavy they are, but I can say they weigh a fair bit...

[Taggert_LOA]

if i had to guess, anywhere from 120 to 140 lbs.

[DIYPTGUY]

So probably a decent way to do wieght reduction if you dont really need them :]

[chaase]

Originally Posted by CREWZIN

Transaxle, trans, transmission, whatever you want to call it, it's all the same and "flush" is a way of changing ALL of the fluid (about 16 quarts) instead of just dropping the pan and changing out only 4 quarts.

People get them confused. Most, if not all, front wheel drive cars have transaxles. It basically means the transmission and differential are "one unit".

Most rear wheel drive cars have the transmission in front, a drive shaft and then a differential in the rear. My corvette is an exception to the RWD rule. The transmission and differential are bolted together at the rear.

[CREWZIN]

Originally Posted by chaase

My corvette is an exception to the RWD rule. The transmission and differential are bolted together at the rear.

That was a great idea on the C5's (putting the trans and diff together in the rear) as it splits the weight 50/50 with the power plant in front.

Mine (C4) has the power and trans in front and I use to put concrete cinder blocks in the rear area in the winter time when I lived in Maryland to put more weight over the rear axle for snowy days. It was my daily driver so it saw every kind of weather.