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Error 37 code for a 1998 Plymouth Neon after 5 hours of highway speed (288
miles). The book says (Torque Converter Clutch Solenoid circuit An open or
shorted condition detected )
kllewis2
Oh look. A short story. How cute.
WTF?
vwhobo
are you asking something, telling us something - need help understanding
tbaxleyjr
Asking if this condition is serious for my wife to drive the other 288
miles to get home or should we get some "professional" attention. Someone
to actually help me. That can tell what to do or how to remedy this
problem. Any kind of codes scare her..If she lets the car cool off(take
breaks to let the transmission fluid cool).Wondering if she be alright till
she gets the car home.
kllewis2
Now you've asked us to go from trying to figure out what you're on about to
being able to see into the future. To your credit, you at least gave a
somewhat complete and readable description.
No matter where you do it, you're going to need an acurate diagnosis and
repair, which means taking it to a competent "professional" shop. If the
TCC circuit is in fact shorted or open, the TCC won't engage. If the TCC
doesn't engage, you could possibly overheat the transmission fluid driving
at highway speed and if driven long enough do damage to the
transmission.
What you never did tell us is if there is any sort of drivability concern
other than the MIL being illuminated. It may be legit or it may be a
phantom code. I don't know and neither will anyone else sitting on the
other side of their computer, no matter what they tell you.
So guess what? You still need competent "professional" help to determine
the best course of action.
How's that for not having my crystal ball handy?
vwhobo
Being that her car has a weak throttle pressure cable,which in turn
causing sometimes slow returns and later shifts, would that possibly pull
up a phantom code after driving 288 miles straight.? My point is it never
showed any codes for TCC circuit before. If it was a hard code would it
come back right after resetting it. Or does she need to drive long distance
highway speeds for the MIL to be illuminated. She drove in town and highway
near and around her mother's since my first post. If the torque converter
solenoid is not locking it should still be dumping raw fuel and throwing a
code?
kllewis2
A weak throttle pressure cable? I don't even know what that's supposed to
mean. Have you load tested it for strength, or what? Based on what you've
said about it, my guess is that you have no concept as to what a TV cable
does for a living. And to take it a step further, it sounds like maybe
you've been playing with it and possibly created or exacerbated an existing
problem.
Be that as it may, I can't see how incorrect line pressure would cause an
electronic control DTC to be set. On the other hand, we're not dealing
with a DTC here. All powertrain DTC's on OBD-II vehicles are five digit,
alpha numeric and always begin with the letter P. To take that further, a
transmission DTC will almost certainly be P07xx.
As to the hard code question, even if it's a hard code, the proper
operating conditions must be met to set a code and illuminate the MIL, but
I'm not going to take the time to determine what those conditions are.
However, a qualified individual with proper diagnostic equipment can narrow
it down in short order. That's what they get paid to do, and it obvious
you haven't had anyone remotely qualified look at it based on the code you
supplied.
You just might have to get of your wallet to find out what's going on with
the car. A little bit spent on diagnostics and repair now just might save
you a lot spent on towing and transmission repair later.
Finally because I forgot... Now it's "dumping raw fuel"? I have no idea
what that would have to do with a TCC solenoid. I'm even more confused as
to why that little gem never came up before or why you think it's
occurring.
vwhobo
