Renault Scenic (1999 - 2003) - 1999 1.6 Automatic gear box playing up in rain

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Tue 3 Jun 2008 10:08
1999 1.6 Automatic gear box playing up in rain - kwhitburn
I have a Renault Megane Scenic Alize 1.6v (V reg) Automatic that has recentl;y started playing up, have just bought it second hand in December 2007, the problem is this:

Last Sunday i drove to Birmingham, it started to rain and then after a few miles my gear box started playing up, no power, sluggish and when stopped the car was vibrating, like a car that is idling but just managing to stay running, you know, close to cutting out/ stalling. The next day, no problems, its fine every other time, but today it is and was raining really, really heavy (Tuesday 3rd June 2008) and i only managed to make it to work this morning, the rain was heavier. No power in the gears, shaking when idle, only managed to make it up hill, just, and then 2 miles from the end of the journey my Gear box warning light came on, all this from rain. Has anyone else had a problem like this before?

Could this simply be a seal gone some where, i have seen emails on this site relating to broken seals.

Karl

Edited by kwhitburn on 03/06/2008 at 10:11

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