Donphillipe
Active member
Only had my used 2005 (2006 Navion 23J) a couple of months now and everything seemed normal until I started backing up some Lynx levers and I lost all power. About 200 miles from civilization, at 6200' elevation, backing into a camping spot on about a 10% downgrade this happened. I was short on the levers (think 3/4" tall Lego pieces) so I tried to roll up 2 levels which would have been about an inch and a half. Pressing the accelerator to near bottom gave me power like it was trying and then the power totally fell off to where the engine would no longer rev up other than a tiny bit to try to make it over those levers.
Despondent a 200 mile towing fee was eminent, I spent the night online searching for what to do when your transmission goes out in reverse, thinking this is what had happened. I read about only 2 others who had this issue and it was not exactly like my problem where the people actually had the failure while backing up. Disappointingly their problem never got resolved that I saw where the guy said he sold the vehicle on a trade-in. Some had commented that there was some type of transfer unit that the seals often went out on this model. So while I was ready to call the tow truck, I put it in Drive the next morning and tried to pull out of the spot. Same really weak pull forward situation where pressing the accelerator to the floor really did nothing much but allowed it to slowly ease off the levers. Then as I started rolling down the steep path I had taken up to the parking slot, I got up enough speed to where I was rolling downhill out of the campground and like a miracle the engine started responding to the accelerator again. (Note the transmission did not appear to be slipping, the engine just had now power and the response to accelerator press seemed to only increase torque about 10% of normal at this point)
I have now driven over 250 miles, gone up and down mountains from 500-6000 feet, and at 7-10% grades and I can't seem to find any failure in response again with the engine or transmission. I have not tried to back up a steep grade or over blocks again, however and have a little anxiety about trying it again, least I push too hard to repeat what I must have done previously.
There's no dipstick on this transmission, no evidence of any oil stains around it where it might be leaking or any other indicators that something is wrong. So any ideas? Shouldn't I be able to back up over a change in level of 1.5 inches without the engine/transmission stalling out? There were no dash indicator lights and the transmission didn't seem to be slipping because the engine would just not accelerate to any higher degree to get "over the hump".
What should I do? I am about go head way, way into the boonies and don't want to get stranded if I can do any PD to try to find what just happened and prevent it again.
Thanks!
2006 Navion 23J
3500 - 60K miles
Despondent a 200 mile towing fee was eminent, I spent the night online searching for what to do when your transmission goes out in reverse, thinking this is what had happened. I read about only 2 others who had this issue and it was not exactly like my problem where the people actually had the failure while backing up. Disappointingly their problem never got resolved that I saw where the guy said he sold the vehicle on a trade-in. Some had commented that there was some type of transfer unit that the seals often went out on this model. So while I was ready to call the tow truck, I put it in Drive the next morning and tried to pull out of the spot. Same really weak pull forward situation where pressing the accelerator to the floor really did nothing much but allowed it to slowly ease off the levers. Then as I started rolling down the steep path I had taken up to the parking slot, I got up enough speed to where I was rolling downhill out of the campground and like a miracle the engine started responding to the accelerator again. (Note the transmission did not appear to be slipping, the engine just had now power and the response to accelerator press seemed to only increase torque about 10% of normal at this point)
I have now driven over 250 miles, gone up and down mountains from 500-6000 feet, and at 7-10% grades and I can't seem to find any failure in response again with the engine or transmission. I have not tried to back up a steep grade or over blocks again, however and have a little anxiety about trying it again, least I push too hard to repeat what I must have done previously.
There's no dipstick on this transmission, no evidence of any oil stains around it where it might be leaking or any other indicators that something is wrong. So any ideas? Shouldn't I be able to back up over a change in level of 1.5 inches without the engine/transmission stalling out? There were no dash indicator lights and the transmission didn't seem to be slipping because the engine would just not accelerate to any higher degree to get "over the hump".
What should I do? I am about go head way, way into the boonies and don't want to get stranded if I can do any PD to try to find what just happened and prevent it again.
Thanks!
2006 Navion 23J
3500 - 60K miles