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Hi, gotta 95 D21 terrano (diesel) automatic, when car is cold, it seems to take its sweet time shifting into 4th, so you are doing near 3K rpm at 100kph for a while until it decides to shift gear, usually this happens after 5-10 minutes, after that its fine and works as per normal.

Trans has fresh fluid recently but hasnt changed anything.

Is this a faulty solenoid of some kind & is it expensive to have fixed? Works mint in all other respects, just an annoying problem.

Fusion235 wrote:Hi, gotta 95 D21 terrano (diesel) automatic, when car is cold, it seems to take its sweet time shifting into 4th, so you are doing near 3K rpm at 100kph for a while until it decides to shift gear, usually this happens after 5-10 minutes, after that its fine and works as per normal.

Trans has fresh fluid recently but hasnt changed anything.

Is this a faulty solenoid of some kind & is it expensive to have fixed? Works mint in all other respects, just an annoying problem.

Mine does exactly same thing, i cant be bothered doing anything about it at the moment, But there is a guide on here somewere about fixing this issue, Its just soldering to wires together i think, Someone will post it here soon im sure, But yeah, It aint expensive to fix

Its a Cold temp thing, there is a oil temp sensor in the box, wont let it change up till the oil reaches temp, takes longer in winter.

Hmm that could make sense , Im in Wellington and it has been getting quite fresh lately..Its fine once warmed up - as I say it takes 5-10 mins of motorway driving to change, just frustrating, its like move move god dammnit change gear already. Not that diesel terranos are rockets in any sense but you know..

Fusion235 wrote:Not that diesel terranos are rockets in any sense but you know..

Wash your mouth out............standard, autos are slugs

As posted above, can take longer in winter, the quick fix is for faulty sender unit rather than stripping half the trans to fit a new sender.

Cheers,