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- 2008 Mazda5 Touring
Hi All,
I'm having the same issues, CEL and AT, stuck in 3rd, hard shifts, every morning, but sometimes working fine by the afternoon. Unfortunately, I know NOTHING about cars, I only understood about 10% of this thread and I am terrified of this issue. I'm a young, broke girl who paid way too much for her '08 Mazda 3 with 100k miles. I've already put a new alternator into her this year, which wasn't my idea of 'cheap' and now the thought of a new transmission is keeping me up at night. I have NO IDEA what to do and I was hoping you guys might be able to offer some advice. Where do I even start? Go to the dealership as they might be able to know what is wrong right off the bat as mentioned above, and potentially save myself several attempts? Or go to a local shop and tell them to...? I honestly can't decipher what the issue here is, some people are saying electrical and others replace the solenoid... where do I start? Any help is so so much appreciated, I feel way in over my head!
Thank you so much.
The first thing you need to do is determine if the same trouble code is being triggered (P0758). Drive to your local auto parts store (AutoZone, Advance Auto Parts, O'Reilly Auto, etc.) for a free code check.
Then is can determined if this is an electrical issue and hopefully not necessitate the replacement of your transmission.